List of terrorist attacks in Kabul

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.
• July 24: A Taliban suicide bombing kills at least 35 people.
• July 31: A suicide bombing followed by a gun attack on the embassy of Iraq in Kabul left two Afghan embassy workers and all four attackers dead.
• October 20: 20 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks
• December 28: 28 December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing

  2018

• January 2: A car bomb wounded three police officers.
• January 4: A suicide bombing killed 20.
• January 20: 2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack
• January 27: Kabul ambulance bombing
• January 29: Shooting at the Marshal Fahim National Defense University
• February 24: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a security post, killing at least three people and wounding several others.
• March 9: A suicide bomber blew himself up, killing at least seven people, according to officials. The attack was apparently intended to hit crowds gathered to commemorate the death of Abdul Ali Mazari, a political leader from the mainly Shiite Hazara minority.
• March 21: March 2018 Kabul suicide bombing
• April 22: 22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing
• April 30: 30 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombings
• June 4: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives targeting a gathering of Afghanistan's top clerics in Kabul, killing at least 14 people and wounding 19. Shortly afterwards, a magnetic bomb attached to a police car exploded and as a result three people were wounded, the Islamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility.
• June 11: 17 people were killed and 40 others were seriously injured after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at an Afghan ministry. ISIS–K claimed responsibility.
• July 15: A suicide bomber detonated near a government ministry, killing eight people and wounding 17 others. The ISIS–K claimed responsibility.
• July 22: 23 people, including an AFP driver, were killed and 107 others injured in a suicide bombing near Kabul International Airport as scores of people were leaving the airport after welcoming home Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum from exile, ISIS–K claimed responsibility.
• August 13: A suicide bomber detonated outside an Afghan election office killing one and injuring another person, the Taliban is suspected of the attack.
• August 15: A suicide bombing by the Islamic State in an educative academy left at least 48 killed and 67 injured.
• September 5: September 2018 Kabul attacks: 26 people were killed and 91 were injured in suicide blasts targeting a wrestling club and emergency teams, two journalists were among the dead. ISIS–K claimed responsibility for the bombing.
• September 9: A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up near a group of people commemorating the death anniversary of a famed resistance leader, killing at least seven people and injuring an additional 25, officials said. ISIS–K claimed responsibility for the attack.
• November 20: November 2018 Kabul bombing: A suicide bombing on a gathering of religious scholars killed 55 people and injures 94.
• December 24: December 2018 Kabul attack: A suicide and gun attack on a government compound killed at least 43 people and at least 10 people were wounded, interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish said. Most of the victims were civilians. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

  2019

• May 24: 2019 Kabul mosque bombing
• July 1: 1 July 2019 Kabul attack
• July 19: A bombing outside Kabul University kills eight people.
• July 25: Three different bombings, variously claimed by the Taliban and the Islamic State, kill at least 15 people in total.
• July 28: 28 July 2019 Kabul suicide bombing
• August 7: 7 August 2019 Kabul bombing
• August 17: 17 August 2019 Kabul bombing
• September 2 and 5: 2 and 5 September 2019 Kabul bombings
• September 17: 17 September 2019 Afghanistan bombings
• November 13: A car bombing kills 12 people.

  2020

• February 11: A suicide bombing kills at least six people.
• March 6: 6 March 2020 Kabul shooting
• March 25: Kabul gurdwara attack
• May 12: Three gunmen wearing police uniforms carried out a mass shooting in the maternity ward of a hospital. The hospital is located in the predominately Shi'ite Hazara neighborhood of Dashte Barchi and is assisted by Médecins Sans Frontières personnel. The attackers killed 24 people and injured another 16.
• May 30: A private bus carrying 15 employees of the Khurshid TV news station was hit by a roadside bomb, killing an economic reporter, Mir Wahed Shah, a technician, Shafiq Amiri, and wounding seven other people. The United States, the European Union, and NATO condemned the attack.
• June 5: An hour-long gun battle erupted in Gul Dara district when insurgents attacked a police checkpoint, killing three police officers.
• June 12: A Sunni mosque was bombed, killing four people and injuring another eight. On 17 June, twelve security forces members were killed and five were wounded during a Taliban attack in Aqcha District, Jowzjan Province. Four soldiers were taken hostage in the attack, and five Taliban militants killed.
• July 14: Five civilians were killed and another 11 wounded when their car hit a suspected Taliban roadside bomb.
• July 19: Two soldiers were killed after Taliban gunmen opened fire on them while they were traveling on a motorcycle.
• August 19: A magnetic mine killed one and injured another. Also, a rocket attack left at least 3 people dead and another 16 were injured in Kabul.
• September 8: One Taliban member was killed and another two were wounded after they attacked security forces in Kabul Province.
• September 9: At least 10 people were killed and another 16 were injured in a bombing.
• September 16: A member of the Afghan National Directorate of Security was shot dead and his driver was injured.
• September 21: One child was killed and another three people were injured when two mines exploded.
• October 24: A suicide bombing at an education centre killed 24 people, mostly students.
• October 26: At least three people were injured by a magnetic mine explosion.
• October 27: A magnetic mine explosion left at least three people dead and at least 10 injured in Kabul.
• November 2: 2020 Kabul University attack
• November 7: A bomb attached to the vehicle of former TOLO TV presenter Yama Siawash exploded, killing the journalist and two other civilians while they were inside the car.
• November 21: 23 rockets hit the commercial area, parks, shopping areas, killing eight people and injuring more than 30.
• December 20: A car bomb exploded, targeting the convoy of MP & founder of Khan Steel Haji Khan Mohammad Wardak beside the 3rd Gate of Ahmadi Plaza in Spin Kalay Square of Khushal Khan PD5. Khan survived the attack, but at least 10 civilians were killed and 52 others were injured. Several cars and houses were damaged nearby. The blast was condemned by the Taliban and the former government while no group claimed responsibility.