January 2014 Kabul restaurant attack
Suicide bomb attack at a restaurant
Kabul
Kabul (Afghanistan)
Attack type
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, humanitarian 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
| Nationality[3] | Dead |
|---|---|
 Afghanistan | 8 |
 Lebanon | 2 |
 United Kingdom | 2 |
 Canada | 2 |
 United States | 2 |
 Denmark | 1 |
 Malaysia | 1 |
 Russia | 1 |
 Pakistan | 1 |
 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]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Suicide bomb attack on Kabul restaurant 'kills 14'". BBC. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ a b c Gobry, Pascal-Emmanuel (21 January 2014). "In Memoriam: Alexandros Petersen, Murdered By The Taliban In Kabul". Forbes. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ "Kabul restaurant attack: Three UN staff and local IMF head among 21 dead". TheGuardian.com. 18 January 2014.
- ^ Torrance, Kelly Jane (3 February 2014). "Alexandros Petersen, 1984-2014 Kelly Jane Torrance on The Most Interesting Man in D.C." Weekly Standard. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
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