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January 2014 Kabul restaurant attack
Part of War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Location Kabul, Afghanistan
Date 14 January 2014
Attack type
Suicide bombing, mass shooting
Weapons Bomb, guns
Deaths 21 (+1 bomber)
Perpetrators Taliban


On January 17, 2014, a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the gate of the Taverna du Liban, a heavily fortified restaurant in Kabul popular with foreign nationals, including diplomats, aid workers and journalists; two gunmen then entered the building and began "shooting indiscriminately."[1] 21 people were slain.[2]

The Taliban immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.[1]

Casualties[]

Victims by nationality
Nationality[3] Dead
Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan 8
Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 2
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom 2
Flag of Canada Canada 2
United States 2
Flag of Denmark Denmark 1
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 1
Flag of Russia Russia 1
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 1
Flag of Somalia Somalia 1
Total 21
  • Wabel Abdallah, head of the Afghanistan office of the International Monetary Fund.[1]
  • Alexandros Petersen, a scholar of energy and of the geopolitics of the Caucasus and Central Asia.[2] Petersen had recently joined the faculty at the American University in Kabul.[2][4]

References[]

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