| 2002 Kabul bombing | |
| Location: | Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Target: | Unknown |
| Date: | September 5, 2002 |
| Type: | Car bombing |
| Fatalities: | 26 |
| Injuries: | 167 |
| Perps: | Unknown |
The 2002 Kabul bombing was a car bombing that killed 26 people and wounded 167 on September 5, 2002, in front of the Ministry of Information and Culture building in Kabul, Afghanistan.[1] It was the biggest and deadliest attack since the formation of the Karzai administration. The Taliban, al-Qaeda, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's group have all been suspects. It came shortly after Hekmaytar called for a holy war against the foreign troops of ISAF.[2] [3] A few hours after the bombings, Hamid Karzai narrowly survived an assassination attempt by a Taliban member in the city of Kandahar.[4]