Name
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Date
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Location
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Deaths, Wounded and Captures
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Notes
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Dasht-i-Leili massacre of Taliban prisoners by Junbish-i Milli
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December 2001
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Dasht-i-Leili desert
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250–3000
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Taliban prisoners were allegedly shot and/or suffocated to death in metal shipping containers.[68][69][70][71]
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2002 Kabul bombing
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December 5, 2002
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Kabul
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26 killed and 167 wounded
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The Taliban, al-Qaeda, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's group have all been suspected.[72][73][74][75]
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2004 Deh Rawood bombing
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January 31, 2004
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Deh Rawood, Deh Rawood District, Uruzgan province
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8
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A Remote-controlled bomb destroyed a vehicle, killing Mayor Khalif Sadaht and seven of his relatives. Five people were wounded.[76][77]
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Attempted assassination of Dick Cheney
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February 27, 2007
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Bagram
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23
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A suicide bombing at the outer gate of the Bagram Airfield left at least 23 people dead and injured 20 others.
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2007 Helmand Province airstrikes
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June 22, 2007
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Helmand Province
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45
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At least 45 Afghan civilians were killed in NATO-led airstrikes
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2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack
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January 14, 2008
|
Kabul
|
6 to 7 people killed and 6 wounded
|
Taliban claimed responsibility.[78]
|
2008 Kandahar bombing
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February 17, 2008
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Kandahar
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100 killed and 100 wounded
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Crowd of people who were watching a dog-fighting competition were attacked.[79]
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Sarposa prison attack of 2008
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June 13, 2008
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Kandahar
|
15 policemen killed from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan side. 10 killed from Taliban side.
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Reportedly, attack was carried out by Taliban insurgents.[80]
|
2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul
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July 7, 2008
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Kabul
|
58 killed and 141 wounded
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Taliban and Haqqani network are the alleged perpetrators.[81][82][83]
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Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
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September 20, 2008
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Islamabad
|
54 killed and 266 wounded
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Explosives were detonated in front of the Marriott Hotel.[84][85]
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February 2009 raids on Kabul
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February 11, 2009
|
Kabul
|
21 killed and 57 wounded
|
Series of strikes by the Taliban against Afghan government targets.[86][87]
|
Granai airstrike
|
May 4, 2009
|
Granai
|
86 to 147 killed
|
Airstrike by a USAF B-1 Bomber
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2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing
|
August 15, 2009
|
Kabul
|
7 killed and 91 wounded
|
Attack was carried out by a Taliban suicide bomber.[88]
|
2009 Kandahar bombing
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August 25, 2009
|
Kandahar
|
43 killed and 65+ wounded
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The Taliban were thought to be responsible.[89][90] The target was apparently the headquarters of a Japanese construction company.[91]
|
2009 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul Haqqani network
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October 8, 2009
|
Kabul
|
17 killed and 83 wounded
|
The Taliban were the alleged perpetrators.[92][93]
|
2009 UN guest house attack in Kabul
|
October 28, 2009
|
Kabul
|
11 killed
|
Five UN staff, two Afghan security personnel and an Afghan civilians were killed.[94]
|
2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing
|
August 15, 2009
|
Kabul
|
7 killed and 91 wounded
|
Attack was carried out by a Taliban suicide bomber.[95]
|
2009 Kandahar bombing
|
August 25, 2009
|
Kandahar
|
43 killed and 65+ wounded
|
The Taliban were thought to be responsible.[96][97] The target was apparently the headquarters of a Japanese construction company.[98]
|
2009 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul Haqqani network
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October 8, 2009
|
Kabul
|
17 killed and 83 wounded
|
The Taliban were the alleged perpetrators.[99][100]
|
January 2010 Kabul attack
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January 18, 2010
|
Kabul
|
12 killed and 71 wounded
|
Taliban gunmen were the reported perpetrators.[101]
|
February 2010 Kabul attack
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February 28, 2010
|
Kabul
|
18 killed and 36 wounded
|
Taliban, Lashkar-e-Taiba is reported as perpetrator.[102][103]
|
Maywand District killings
|
January – May 2010
|
Kandahar province
|
3 killed
|
A group of U.S. Army soldiers are the reported perpetrators.[104][105][106][107][108][109][110]
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May 2010 Kabul bombing
|
May 18, 2010
|
Kabul
|
18 killed and 52 wounded
|
Taliban are the reported perpetrators.[111][112][113][114]
|
2010 Badakhshan massacre by the Taliban
|
August 6, 2010
|
Badakhshan
|
10 killed
|
Victims were 6 Americans, 2 Afghans, 1 Briton and 1 German.[115][116][117][118][119][120][121]
|
Kabul Bank shooting by the Taliban
|
February 19, 2011
|
Jalalabad
|
40 killed and 73+ wounded
|
Aljazeera reported that at least seven suicide bombers stormed a branch of the Kabul Bank.[122][123]
|
2011 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack
|
June 28, 2011
|
Kabul
|
21 killed
|
Taliban were reported as perpetrator.[124][125][126]
|
September 2011 Kabul attack
|
September 13, 2011
|
Kabul
|
7 killed and 15 wounded
|
Taliban were the reported perpetrator.[127][128][129][130][131]
|
2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings
|
December 6, 2011
|
Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif
|
80+ killed and 160+ wounded
|
Suicide bombing in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif is reported as the cause for fatalities.[132][133][134]
|
Kandahar massacre
|
March 11, 2012
|
Kandahar province
|
16 killed and 6 wounded
|
Robert Bales is the reported perpetrator.[135][136]
|
April 2012 Afghanistan attacks
|
April 15—16, 2012
|
Kabul
|
47 killed and 44 wounded
|
Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network are reported as perpetrators.[137][138][139][140]
|
11 June 2013 Kabul bombing
|
June 11, 2012
|
Kabul
|
17 killed and 39 wounded
|
Taliban took responsibility for the attack.[141][142][143][144]
|
2013 Afghan presidential palace attack
|
June 25, 2012
|
Kabul
|
11 killed
|
Taliban were the reported perpetrators.[145]
|
Forward Operating Base Delhi Massacre by the Taliban
|
August 10, 2012
|
Helmand Province
|
3 killed and 1 wounded
|
Chai Boy of Afghan District Police Chief Sarwar Jan was the reported perpetrator.[146][147][148]
|
January 2014 Kabul restaurant attack
|
January 17, 2014
|
Kabul
|
22 killed
|
Taliban were reported as perpetrator.[149][150][151]
|
2014 Kabul Serena Hotel shooting
|
March 20, 2014
|
Kabul
|
9 killed and 2 wounded
|
Taliban were reported as perpetrator.[152][153][154][155]
|
2014 Paktika car bombing
|
July 15, 2014
|
Paktika
|
89 killed and 42 wounded
|
Haqqani network were the reported perpetrator.[156][157]
|
2014 Yahyakhel suicide bombing
|
November 23, 2014
|
Yahya Khel District, Paktika Province
|
61 killed
|
It was a suicide bombing.[158][159]
|
December 2014 Kabul bombings
|
December 11, 2014
|
Kabul
|
12 killed and 7 injured
|
Taliban gunmen were the reported perpetrators.[160][161]
|
2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack
|
March 13, 2015
|
Shāre Naw, Kabul
|
14 killed and 6 wounded
|
The Taliban were thought to be responsible.[162][163][164][165][166]
|
2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing
|
April 18, 2015
|
Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province
|
33 killed and 100 wounded
|
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province were the reported perpetrator.[167][168][169]
|
2015 Kabul Parliament attack
|
June 22, 2015
|
Kabul
|
9 killed and 40 wounded
|
Terrorist attack against Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai.[170][171]
|
7 August 2015 Kabul attacks
|
August 7, 2015
|
Kabul
|
50+ killed and 500+ wounded
|
Taliban were reported as perpetrator.[172][173][174][175]
|
10 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing
|
August 10, 2015
|
Kabul
|
5 killed and 16 wounded
|
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.[176][177]
|
22 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing
|
August 22, 2015
|
Kabul
|
10 killed and 60 wounded
|
Part of Taliban insurgency.[178][179]
|
2015 Zabul beheading by Islamic State
|
November 9, 2015
|
Zabul Province
|
7 killed
|
Islamic State is the reported perpetrator.[180][181]
|
2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul
|
December 11, 2015
|
Kabul
|
9 killed and 7 wounded
|
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.[182][183][184]
|
April 2016 Kabul attack
|
April 19, 2016
|
Kabul
|
69 killed and 367 wounded
|
Taliban are the reported perpetrators.[185][186][187]
|
Kabul attack on Canadian Embassy guards
|
June 20, 2016
|
Kabul
|
16 killed and 9 wounded
|
Attack claimed to be conducted by the Taliban or the Islamic State in Khorasan Province.[188][189]
|
July 2016 Kabul bombing
|
July 23, 2016
|
Kabul
|
97+ killed and 260 wounded
|
Islamic State - Khorasan Province are the reported perpetrator.[190][191][192][193]
|
American University of Afghanistan attack
|
August 24, 2016
|
Kabul
|
20 killed and 53+ wounded
|
Taliban were the reported perpetrator.[194][195]
|
September 2016 Kabul attacks
|
September 5–6, 2016
|
Kabul
|
42 to 58 killed and 109 wounded
|
Taliban were the reported perpetrator.[196][197][198]
|
January 2017 Afghanistan bombings
|
January 10, 2017
|
Kabul, Kandahar, and in Lashkargah
|
68+ to 98+ killed and 94+ wounded
|
Taliban (claimed the first and the third bombing, denied responsibility of the second bombing) Haqqani network (suspected of the second bombing).[199][200][201]
|
March 2017 Kabul attack
|
March 8, 2017
|
Daoud Khan Military Hospital, Kabul
|
49 - 100+ killed and 63+ wounded
|
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed to have carried out the attack, but officials suspected the Haqqani network instead.[202][203][204]"[205]
|
2017 Camp Shaheen attack
|
April 21, 2017
|
Mazar-e-Sharif
|
All killed (Taliban and Haqqani network side), and 140–256 killed and 160+ wounded (Afghan soldiers side)
|
This was an attack on Afghan National Army by at least ten Taliban fighters.[206][207][208][209]
|
May 2017 Kabul attack
|
May 31, 2017
|
Kabul
|
90–150+ killed and 413+ wounded
|
Fatalities and casualities were caused by Truck bomb.[210][211][212][213]
|
20 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks
|
October 20, 2017
|
Kabul
|
60+
|
Suicide bombing[214][215]
|
28 December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing
|
December 28, 2017
|
Kabul
|
50 killed and 80 wounded
|
Attack was reported as Anti-Shi'ism.[216][217] The attack killed 50 people and injured over 80.[218]
|
2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack
|
January 20, 2018
|
Kabul
|
46 killed and 14 wounded
|
Taliban were the reported perpetrator.[219][220][221][222]
|
Kabul ambulance bombing
|
January 27, 2018
|
Kabul
|
103 killed and 235 wounded
|
Taliban were the reported perpetrators.[223][224][225]
|
March 2018 Kabul suicide bombing
|
March 21, 2018
|
Kabul
|
34 killed and 65 wounded
|
Attack was reported as Anti-Shi'ism.[226][227][228][229]
|
22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing
|
April 22, 2018
|
Kabul
|
69 killed and 120 wounded
|
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province were the reported perpetrator.[230][231][232]
|
30 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombings
|
April 30, 2018
|
Kabul
|
29 killed and 50 wounded
|
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province were the reported perpetrators.[233][234][235][236]
|
August 2018 Gardez mosque attack
|
August 3, 2018
|
Gardez, Paktika Province
|
48 (including two perpetrators)
|
Two militants dressed in burqa entered a Shiite mosque in the town of Gardez in the province of Paktia and opened fire. Both attackers later blew themselves up.
|
September 2018 Kabul attacks
|
September 6, 2018
|
Kabul
|
26
|
91 wounded
|
2019 Kabul mosque bombing
|
May 24, 2019
|
Kabul
|
3
|
20 wounded
|
1 July 2019 Kabul attack
|
July 1, 2019
|
Kabul
|
45
|
105 wounded
|
2019 Ghazni bombing by the Taliban
|
July 7, 2019
|
Ghazni
|
15
|
180 wounded
|
28 July 2019 Kabul suicide bombing
|
July 28, 2019
|
Kabul
|
20+ killed and 50 wounded
|
Four gunmen stormed the building and laid siege for hours before killed.[237][238]
|
7 August 2019 Kabul bombing
|
August 7, 2019
|
Kabul
|
14 killed and 145 wounded
|
A suicide car bomb exploded at a security checkpoint outside a police station.[239][240][241]
|
17 August 2019 Kabul bombing
|
August 17, 2019
|
Kabul
|
92 killed and 142 wounded
|
Suicide bombing occurred in a wedding hall.[242][243][244][245]
|
2 and 5 September 2019 Kabul bombings
|
September 2 and 5, 2019
|
Kabul
|
28 killed and 159+ wounded
|
Victims were Afghans and foreign nationals.[246]
|
17 September 2019 Afghanistan bombings
|
September 17, 2019
|
Charikar, Kabul
|
50 killed and 80 wounded
|
Attacks were carried out with two different suicide bombers in sperate locations.
|
2019 Qalat bombing
|
September 19, 2019
|
Qalati Ghilji
|
40 killed and 140+ wounded
|
Suicide car bombing outside a hospital in Qalati Ghilji is the reported cause.[247][248][249]
|
6 March 2020 Kabul shooting
|
March 6, 2020
|
Kabul
|
32 killed and 82 wounded
|
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province is the reported perpetrator.[250][251]
|
Kabul gurdwara attack
|
March 25, 2020
|
Kabul
|
25 killed and 8+ wounded
|
Abu Khalid al-Hindi is reported as peretrator.[252][253][254][255]
|
2020 Kabul University attack
|
November 2, 2020
|
Kabul
|
35 killed and 50 wounded
|
The attack was carried out by ISIS-K.[256]
|
Murders of Enikass Radio workers by Islamic State
|
March 2, 2021
|
Jalalabad
|
3 women killed.
|
[257]
|
2021 Kabul school bombing
|
May 8, 2021
|
Dashte Barchi
|
90 killed and 240 wounded
|
The attack was carried out by ISIS-K.[258][259][260][261][262][263][264]
|
2021 Kabul hospital attack
|
November 2, 2021
|
Kabul
|
30+ killed and 50+ wounded
|
The attack was carried out by ISIS-K.[265]
|