35case filesUpdated Jul 14, 2026
Casepin holds 35 case files in Afghanistan. By legal status, 15 marked unsolved, 1 marked ongoing and 19 marked solved.
Credit: Central Intelligence AgencyPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenSherpur, Kabul, Afghanistan · 2022
On 31 July 2022, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by a U.S. drone strike on a safe house in Kabul, Afghanistan, in an operation authorized by President Joe Biden.
Credit: Master Sgt. Michael O'Connor (U.S. armed forces)CC BY 2.0SourceSOLVEDListenKhwaja Bahauddin District, Takhar Province, Afghanistan · 2001
On 9 September 2001, Afghan resistance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud was killed in Khwaja Bahauddin District, Takhar Province, Afghanistan, by two al-Qaeda operatives posing as journalists whose camera concealed an explosive device.
Credit: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AlaskaPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenKandahar Province, Afghanistan · 2011
U.S. Army Pvt. Danny Chen died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a base in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on October 3, 2011, after an Army investigation documented weeks of racial harassment and physical abuse by fellow soldiers. Eight soldiers were charged; the cases produced several court-martial convictions and guilty pleas for offenses such as hazing, maltreatment, and assault, while the only officer charged avoided court-martial.
Credit: Shobair2012CC BY-SA 4.0SourceUNSOLVEDListenIranian Consulate, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan · 1998
On 8 August 1998, as Taliban forces captured Mazar-i-Sharif, 11 Iranian nationals — 10 diplomats and an IRNA journalist — were killed at the Iranian consulate, sparking a major diplomatic crisis between Iran and the Taliban.
SOLVEDListenMaiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan · 2010
A group of U.S. Army soldiers based at FOB Ramrod in Maiwand, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, murdered at least three unarmed Afghan civilians between January and May 2010, staging the killings as combat and collecting body parts as trophies.
SOLVEDListenKabul, Afghanistan · 2015
Farkhunda Malikzada, a 27-year-old Afghan woman, was falsely accused of burning a Quran and was beaten, run over, and burned by a mob in Kabul on 19 March 2015. The false accusation was later disproved, sparking nationwide protests and a trial in which multiple men and police officers were convicted.
SOLVEDListenSpinpul, Shinwar District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan · 2007
On 4 March 2007, U.S. Marines fleeing a suicide car bombing and alleged ambush in Shinwar District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, fired on civilians and vehicles along a busy road. Initial reports alleged up to 19 civilians killed; a later Navy investigation found 5–7 adult men killed and two civilians injured. No criminal charges were filed.
SOLVEDListenGhazni Province, Afghanistan · 2007
In July 2007, the Taliban abducted 23 South Korean missionaries traveling by bus through Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, killing two hostages before releasing the remaining 21 over the following weeks amid negotiations involving a South Korean troop withdrawal and reported ransom payment.
UNSOLVEDListenDeh Mazang Square, Kabul, Afghanistan · 2016
On 23 July 2016, twin suicide bombings struck a peaceful Hazara-led protest march at Deh Mazang square in Kabul, killing at least 97 people and injuring 260. The Islamic State initially claimed responsibility before later denying it.
SOLVEDListenU.S. military outpost, Afghanistan · 2010
A U.S. Army soldier pleaded guilty and was convicted of the premeditated 2010 murder of Mohebullah, an Afghan detainee shot in his cell at a U.S. military outpost.
The files run from 1998 to 2022. The 2010s hold the most, with 18 files. The oldest is 1998 Killing of Iranian Diplomats in Afghanistan, from 1998.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (6), kidnapping and abduction cases (3) and mass shooting cases (3).
1 file of the 35 has coverage attached: 1 video, podcast or documentary from 1 creator.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
This page updates from the published files, so counts and statuses change the day a record does. Open any file for its timeline, its sources and the coverage worth your time, or play it as a narrated case file.
US Capitol flags at half staff for 2021 Kabul airport attack — Credit: Office of U.S. House SpeakerPublic domainSource
Zawahiri house model — Credit: Central Intelligence AgencyPublic domainSource
File:Tomb site of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Panjshir.jpg — Credit: Master Sgt. Michael O'Connor (U.S. armed forces)CC BY 2.0Source
File:Danny Chen 2011 (3x4 cropped).jpg — Credit: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AlaskaPublic domainSource
1400022120280456022745404 مراسم یادبود شهدای مدرسه سیدالشهدا کابل — Credit: Mohammad HassanzadehCC BY 4.0Source
H.B.11 — Credit: Shobair2012CC BY-SA 4.0Source
On the road in Afghanistan (1) — Credit: Fritz Rudolf LoewaCC BY-SA 3.0Source
Inter-Con Kabul — Credit: Casimiri at en.wikipediaCC BY-SA 3.0Source
US Navy 060909-N-9915J-030 Aviation Ordnanceman study training material while standing watch over racks of GBU-38 Joint Attack Direct Munition bombs in the hangar bay aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise — Credit: U.S. Navy photoPublic domainSource
070520-Bagram Airfield from the Air Traffic Control Tower's catwalk 4 — Credit: Staff Sgt. Craig SealsPublic domainSource
35. By status: 15 unsolved, 1 ongoing and 19 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
1998 Killing of Iranian Diplomats in Afghanistan, from 1998. Open the file
The Fifth Estate (1 case).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 14, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
