2014 Kabul restaurant bombing
On January 17 2014 a suicide bomber detonated explosives at 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
- 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][3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Suicide bomb attack on Kabul restaurant 'kills 14'". BBC. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 Gobry, Pascal-Emmanuel (21 January 2014). "In Memoriam: Alexandros Petersen, Murdered By The Taliban In Kabul". Forbes. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ↑ 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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