List of terrorist attacks in Kabul
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This is a list of terrorist attacks in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
1995
September 6: 1995 attack on the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul
2002
September 5: 2002 Kabul bombing
2003
July 9: 2004 attack on the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul
2004
January 14: 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack
July 7: 2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul
2009
February 11: February 2009 Kabul raids
August 15: 2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing
October 8: 2009 Kabul Indian embassy attack
October 28: 2009 UN guest house attack in Kabul
November 13: 2009 NATO convoy attack near Camp Qargha in Kabul
2010
January 18: January 2010 Kabul attack
February 26: February 2010 Kabul attack
May 18: May 2010 Kabul bombing
2011
June 28: 2011 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack
September 13: September 2011 Kabul attack
December 6: 2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings
May 21: On 20 May 2011, a Taliban Haqqani suicide bomber detonated himself in a highly guarded area where there is a military hospital named Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan Hospital, killing six medical students and injuring 23 more.
2012
April 15: April 2012 Afghanistan attacks
2013
June 11: 11 June 2013 Kabul bombing
June 25: 2013 Afghan presidential palace attack
2014
January 17: January 2014 Kabul restaurant attack
March 20: 2014 Kabul Serena Hotel shooting
December 11: December 2014 Kabul bombings
2015
May 13: 2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack
June 22: 2015 Kabul Parliament attack
August 7: 7 August 2015 Kabul attacks
August 10: 10 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing
August 22: 22 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing
December 11: 2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul
2016
February 1: A suicide bombing by the Taliban at a police station killed 20 police officers.
April 19: April 2016 Kabul attack
June 20: Kabul attack on Canadian Embassy guards
July 23: July 2016 Kabul bombing
August 1: A Taliban truck bomb killed a police officer and one of the attackers, after which the remaining two Taliban attackers were shot dead.
August 24: American University of Afghanistan attack
September 5: September 2016 Kabul attacks
November 21: A suicide bombing at a mosque kills around 30 people.
2017
January 10: The first of the January 2017 Afghanistan bombings was a twin suicide bombing in front of the National Assembly of Afghanistan in Kabul, killing 46 people. Later attacks took place in Kandahar and Lashkargah.
February 7: A suicide bombing near the Supreme Court of Afghanistan killed at least 20 people.
March 8: March 2017 Kabul attack
May 31: May 2017 Kabul attack
June 3: Three bombings at the funeral of a protester who died the day before killed at least 20 people.
June 15: A suicide bombing at a mosque killed four people.
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