January 2014 Kabul restaurant attack

January 2014 Kabul restaurant attack
Part of War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Kabul Kabul (Afghanistan)
Location	Kabul, Afghanistan
Date	17 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, 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

Victims by nationality

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

• List of terrorist attacks in Kabul

References

1. "Suicide bomb attack on Kabul restaurant 'kills 14'". BBC. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
2. Gobry, Pascal-Emmanuel (21 January 2014). "In Memoriam: Alexandros Petersen, Murdered By The Taliban In Kabul". Forbes . Retrieved 5 October 2015.
3. "Kabul restaurant attack: Three UN staff and local IMF head among 21 dead". TheGuardian.com . 18 January 2014.
4. Torrance, Kelly Jane (3 February 2014). "Alexandros Petersen, 1984-2014 Kelly Jane Torrance on The Most Interesting Man in D.C." Weekly Standard. Archived from the original on January 24, 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

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