2013 bombing of Indian consulate in Jalalabad

{{Short description|Suicide bombing in Afghanistan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox civilian attack

|title = 2013 Indian embassy attack

|image =

{{Location map

|Afghanistan

|width=300

|lat_deg=34.423221

|lon_deg=70.460214

|label=Jalalabad

}}

|partof = War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

|location = Jalalabad, Afghanistan

|date = 3 August 2013

|fatalities = 9

• 3 suicide bombers

|injuries =

|perp = Taliban

}}

On 3 August 2013, the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, Afghanistan was attacked by three suicide bombers. Afghan security forces spotted the attackers as they approached the consulate in a car leading to one of the attackers detonating his explosives. The blast killed nine people, six of them children, and wounded 24 others.{{cite web | title=Indian consulate in Afghanistan attacked by suicide bombers | website=the Guardian | date=2013-08-03 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/03/indian-consulate-afghanistan-suicide-bomb | access-date=2018-01-23}}