2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing

Bomb attacks 2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing the Taliban insurgency Car used in suicide attack on the NATO Headquarters. Kabul, Afghanistan North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters August 15, 2009 8:30 AM UTC+4:30 Suicide attack 7 91 Taliban The 2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing occurred on August 15, 2009, when a Taliban suicide bomber detonated himself outside the NATO headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. The bomber killed at least seven people and injured 91. Attack The bomber drove his automobile undetected through three or fewer police-checkpoints before detonating his explosive payload, estimated as variously 275 kg lbhttps://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/681872 Brazen attack rattles Kabul Toronto Star Rosie Dimanno August 16, 2009 2009-08-17 and 500 kg lb, 30 yd m from the main gate of the NATO base.https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6797486.ece Suicide bomb at NATO HQ in Kabul kills seven The Times Simon Alford August 15, 2009 LondonAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot The attack, coming five days before the country's presidential elections, was the first major attack in the capital since February. Aftermath The attack wounded 91 people and immediately killed seven civilians,https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/world/asia/16afghan.html?hpw Bomb kills 7 near NATO offices in Afghan capital Carlotta Gall, Sangar Rahimi The New York Times August 15, 2009 2009-08-17 though doctors stated that some patients were in danger of succumbing to injuries later on.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/15/content_11885914.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090821021843/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/15/content_11885914.htm dead August 21, 2009 Suicide car bomb hits ISAF headquarters in Afghan capital Xinhua August 15, 2009 2009-08-17 Casualties among the military were stated to have been avoided by ISAF Brigadier General Eric Tremblay, though he would not give details. The Taliban claimed differently, stating that they had destroyed four vehicles and killed 24 US embassy employees. Among those wounded was parliament member, Awa Alam Nuristani, and a female campaign manager for President Hamid Karzai. After the attacks Karzai declared that "the enemies of Afghanistan, by conducting such attacks, are trying to create fear among the people as we get close to the election, but people still realise the importance of going to ballot boxes to cast their votes." The attack was claimed by a Taliban spokesperson to have been carried out as a method to disrupt the country's second election. The spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, stated that, "One of our suicide bombers in a (Toyota Hilux) Surf vehicle packed with 500 kilograms of explosives targeted the ISAF headquarters... We will continue this kind of operation in the future and we will accelerate our operations against the Afghan and foreign forces." The blast occurred in one of the city's most heavily guarded streets, which runs between the United States Embassy and the presidential palace. The blast did not affect them, nor did it cause substantial damage to the NATO headquarters. It was the first attack on the NATO compound since its construction in 2002. The incident marked the beginning of a wave of intimidation by unknown perpetrators, mostly spread by telephone calls and text messaging, warning Afghans not to participate in polling at risk of being killed and targeted alongside foreign forces.https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/don-t-vote-afghan-public-warned-1.854138 Don't vote, Afghan public warned CBC News August 16, 2009 2009-08-17 See also List of terrorist incidents, 2009 List of massacres in Afghanistan References Afghanistan Category:2009 mass murders Category:Mass murders in Kabul Category:2009 in Kabul Category:Incidents involving NATO Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Afghanistan Category:2009 in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Category:Taliban bombings in Kabul Category:August 2009 in Afghanistan Category:Attacks on military installations in Afghanistan Category:2000s crimes in Kabul Category:Building bombings in Kabul Category:21st-century mass murders in Afghanistan Category:Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan in 2009 Category:Suicide bombings in 2009 Category:Car and truck bombings in 2009 Category:2009 building bombings Category:Suicide bombings in Kabul Category:Attacks on military installations in 2009 Category:Attacks on military headquarters