A suicide bomb attack took place on the

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Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into #Districts, 22 municipal dist ...

on 11 June 2013. At least 16 people died and 40 others were injured.

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The perpetrator drove a car filled with explosives into buses which were carrying court employees including judges. The

Taliban The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state (polity), state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic fundamentalist, m ...

took responsibility for the attack, saying that they delivered a blow to judges who obeyed

Western powers The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to the various nations and states in the regions of Europe, North America, and Oceania.

. The attack came a day after militants attacked

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* Afghanistan President

Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/ fa, حامد کرزی, , ; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan statesman who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Repub ...

condemned the attack, saying, "it was another terrorist act that once again shows the Taliban are serving the enemies of Islam". * UN Secretary-General

Ban Ki-moon Ban Ki-moon (; ; born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was his country's Ministe ...

condemned the attack, stating, "Targeted attacks against civilians are unacceptable and a serious breach of international humanitarian law".

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