January 2014 Kabul restaurant attack explained

January 2014 Kabul restaurant attack
Partof:	War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Location:	Kabul, Afghanistan
Date:	17 January 2014
Type:	Suicide bombing, mass shooting
Fatalities:	21 (+1 bomber)
Perps:	Taliban
Weapons:	Bomb, guns

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

Nationality^[3] ! scope="col"

Dead
Afghanistan	8
Lebanon	2
United Kingdom	2
Canada	2
United States	2
Denmark	1
Malaysia	1
	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

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Notes and References

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