2009 Kandahar bombing explained

25 August 2009 Kandahar bombing
Location:	Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan
Date:	25 August 2009
Type:	suicide truck bombing
Fatalities:	43
Injuries:	At least 65
Perps:	Taliban

The 25 August 2009 Kandahar bombing was a suicide truck bombing that killed 43 people and injured at least 65 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Taliban were thought to be responsible.^[1]

A wedding hall and a dozen houses were destroyed in the explosion.^[2] The target was apparently the headquarters of a Japanese construction company.^[3]

External links

• Afghans pay tribute to bomb victims
• Bombing Deepens Despair in a Stricken Afghan City

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taliban denies Kandahar bombing. Aljazeera.com. 17 January 2019.
2. Web site: Toll in Kandahar bomb rises to 43. Channel NewsAsia. 17 January 2019. 17 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130317153657/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1000926/1/.html. dead.
3. News: Bomb kills 36 in Afghanistan's Kandahar: officials. Hameed. Zalmai. 25 August 2009. The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 January 2019.