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TRIPwire, 13 November 2019
On 13 November 2019 at approximately 0725 hours local time, a vehicle-borne IED (VBIED) functioned in Kabul, killing 12 civilians, including 3 children. At least 20 others were wounded by the blast, including 4 foreign employees of a Canadian private security firm. The attack struck near an Afghan Interior Ministry building in proximity to a NATO military base and the airport. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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TRIPwire, 18 May 2020
On 18 May 2020 at approximately 0500 hours local time, a vehicle-borne IED (VBIED) utilizing a stolen Humvee detonated inside the main compound of a base used by Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security in Ghazni. The explosion killed 9 people, injured at least 40, and caused severe damage to the base and surrounding building, with windows shattering more than a mile away. According to authorities, most of the casualties were intelligence and security personnel. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on social media, saying it was retaliation for the military recently resuming operations against the group.
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TRIPwire, 19 September 2019
On 19 September 2019, a vehicle-borne IED (VBIED) detonated in the southern town of Qalat next to a hospital entrance. The explosion killed 20 people, injured at least 95 others, destroyed most of the hospital and multiple ambulances, and seriously damaged an adjacent mosque. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the VBIED was intended to target a nearby office and training base of the National Directorate of Security (NDS). The NDS base sustained some damage from the explosion, but there are no reports of security personnel among the casualties.
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TRIPwire, 14 August 2018
On 13 August, the Department of Defense announced that a US Army Special Forces soldier died after a 7 August 2018 roadside IED attack in Sangin district of Helmand Province. The same attack wounded at least one other US service member and several Afghan National Army soldiers. No additional details were provided about the attack, which remains under investigation.
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TRIPwire, 23 December 2019
On 23 December 2019, a U.S. service member was killed in action. A Taliban spokesperson claimed the U.S. service member was killed by an IED emplaced on a roadside by the group in the Chardara district in northern Kunduz province. According to a U.S. official, however, the U.S. service member was killed while inspecting a weapons cache that subsequently exploded, and the death was not the result of an attack. No further incident details have been provided at this time.
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TRIPwire, 8 May 2019
On 8 May 2019 at approximately 1150 hours local time, Taliban insurgents attacked the Kabul offices of a U.S. aid group with a vehicle-borne IED (VBIED), rocket-propelled grenades, and suicide person-borne IEDs (PBIEDs). The attack began with the suicide VBIED at the entrance to the group’s Afghanistan headquarters, after which assailants equipped with rocket-propelled grenades and suicide PBIEDs entered the building. Small explosions were reported during the subsequent fighting between the attackers and Special Forces, which lasted several hours. According to government sources, 15 people were injured. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred during the sixth round of peace talks in Qatar between the Taliban and the United States.
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TRIPwire, 11 December 2019
On 11 December 2019, two vehicle-borne IEDs (VBIEDs) targeted a new medical facility under construction at Bagram Airbase. After the VBIEDs functioned, attackers engaged security forces in a gun battle lasting approximately 30 minutes. There are conflicting reports regarding the number of casualties; however, most sources are confirming 2 dead and at least 70 injured. No U.S. or coalition forces were wounded in the attack. In addition to the medical facility, a number of civilian houses were destroyed in the attack. U.S. forces conducted airstrikes on the medical facility after the remaining attackers barricaded themselves inside. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Base representatives stated that the fighting was contained to the medical facility and the base was not in danger, adding that at no time during the attack was the base’s perimeter breached or compromised.
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TRIPwire, 3 August 2017, 0830
On 2 August 2017, a suicide bomber drove a VBIED into a NATO convoy near Kandahar in southwestern Afghanistan, killing two U.S. service members and wounding an unknown number of other soldiers. The nationalities of the wounded were not disclosed. The convoy was part of the NATO Resolute Support mission deployed to the region to train and assist Afghan forces, and was traveling to its base of operations at the nearby airport. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
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TRIPwire, 06 September 2018
On 5 September 2018 at approximately 1800 hours local time, a suicide bomber detonated his person-borne improvised explosive device (PBIED) during a wrestling match in a Shiite neighborhood in Kabul. The Kabul Police Chief stated that a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) also detonated an hour later in the city. Sources stated that the second attack killed members of the police and civilians, including journalists, who rushed to the scene of the first explosion. The explosions killed at least 26 people and injured 91 others. The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham Khorasan Province (ISIS-KP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
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TRIPwire, 27 November 2018
On 27 November 2018, a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) detonated next to an armored military vehicle killing three U.S service members and injuring three other U.S. service members and one other U.S. person contractor. The attack took place during a joint military operation by Afghan and NATO troops near Ghanzi. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
Views: 190Tuesday, November 27, 2018 - 00:00