19case filesUpdated Jul 14, 2026
Casepin holds 19 case files in Kabul. By legal status, 10 marked unsolved, 1 marked ongoing and 8 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.
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.
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.
Credit: Fritz Rudolf LoewaCC BY-SA 3.0SourceUNSOLVEDListenBenayi area, ninth police district, Kabul, Afghanistan · 2016
On June 20, 2016, a suicide bomber attacked a minibus carrying Nepalese and Indian contract security guards en route to the Canadian embassy in Kabul, killing 15 and injuring nine, including civilians at a nearby market.
Credit: Casimiri at en.wikipediaCC BY-SA 3.0SourceSOLVEDListenInter-Continental Hotel, Kabul, Afghanistan · 2011
On 28 June 2011, nine gunmen and suicide bombers attacked the Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul, triggering a five-hour siege that left at least 21 people dead, including all nine attackers. The Taliban claimed responsibility, and the Haqqani network was reportedly involved in supplying the operation.
SOLVEDListenGolaee Dawa Khana, District 6, Kabul, Afghanistan · 2019
A suicide car bomb exploded at a security checkpoint outside a police station in a predominantly Shia neighbourhood of western Kabul on 7 August 2019, killing at least 14 people and wounding 145, mostly civilians. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
SOLVEDListenKaaj education center, Dashte Barchi, Kabul, Afghanistan · 2022
A suicide bomber detonated explosives at the Kaaj education center in the Hazara-majority Dashte Barchi neighborhood of Kabul on September 30, 2022, killing at least 53 people and injuring 110, most of them young Hazara women taking a practice university exam. ISIS-K claimed responsibility.
SOLVEDListenKabul, Afghanistan · 2016
On 19 April 2016, Taliban militants detonated a vehicle bomb and stormed a National Directorate of Security compound in Kabul, killing 64 people and wounding 347 in the group's largest urban attack since 2001.
UNSOLVEDListenKhalifa Aga Gul Jan Mosque, Kabul, Afghanistan · 2022
A bombing at the Khalifa Aga Gul Jan Mosque in western Kabul killed at least 10 people and wounded dozens during Ramadan prayers on 29 April 2022, part of a wider wave of attacks in Afghanistan largely attributed to the Islamic State.
SOLVEDListenSidarat Square, Kabul, Afghanistan · 2018
On 27 January 2018, a bomb hidden in an ambulance was detonated near Sidarat Square in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 103 people and wounding 235 others. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
The files run from 2011 to 2022. The 2010s hold the most, with 11 files. The oldest is 2011 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack, from 2011.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (3), mass shooting cases (3) and kidnapping and abduction cases (1).
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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
1400022120280456022745404 مراسم یادبود شهدای مدرسه سیدالشهدا کابل — Credit: Mohammad HassanzadehCC BY 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
19. By status: 10 unsolved, 1 ongoing and 8 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
2011 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack, from 2011. Open the file
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.
