2009 Kandahar bombing

Terroristic attack December 2020 25 August 2009 Kandahar bombing Afghanistan-Kandahar.png Kandahar province within Afghanistan Kandahar, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan 25 August 2009 suicide truck bombing 43 At least 65 Taliban The 25 August 2009 Kandahar bombing was a suicide truck bombing that killed 43 people and injured at least 65 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Taliban were thought to be responsible.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2009/08/2009826739225330.html Taliban denies Kandahar bombing Aljazeera.com 17 January 2019 A wedding hall and a dozen houses were destroyed in the explosion.http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1000926/1/.html Toll in Kandahar bomb rises to 43 Channel NewsAsia 17 January 2019 17 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130317153657/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1000926/1/.html dead The target was apparently the headquarters of a Japanese construction company.https://www.smh.com.au/world/bomb-kills-36-in-afghanistans-kandahar-officials-20090826-eybo.html Bomb kills 36 in Afghanistan's Kandahar: officials Hameed Zalmai 25 August 2009 The Sydney Morning Herald 17 January 2019 References External links Afghans pay tribute to bomb victims Bombing Deepens Despair in a Stricken Afghan City Afghanistan Category:2009 murders in Afghanistan Category:2009 mass murders Category:2009 massacres in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Category:Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan in 2009 Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Afghanistan Category:21st century in Kandahar Category:August 2009 in Afghanistan Category:August 2009 crimes in Asia Category:Crime in Kandahar Province Category:Suicide bombings in 2009 Category:Car and truck bombings in 2009 Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2009 Category:Taliban bombings Category:2009 building bombings Category:Building bombings in Afghanistan