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
|
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]
|
2002 Kabul bombing
|
December 5, 2002
|
Kabul
|
26 killed and 167 wounded
|
The Taliban, al-Qaeda, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's group have all been suspected.
[72]
[73]
[74]
[75]
|
2004 Deh Rawood bombing
|
January 31, 2004
|
Deh Rawood,
Deh Rawood District,
Uruzgan province
|
8
|
A Remote-controlled bomb destroyed a vehicle, killing Mayor Khalif Sadaht and seven of his relatives. Five people were wounded.
[76]
[77]
|
Attempted assassination of Dick Cheney
|
February 27, 2007
|
Bagram
|
23
|
A suicide bombing at the outer gate of the
Bagram Airfield left at least 23 people dead and injured 20 others.
|
2007 Helmand Province airstrikes
|
June 22, 2007
|
Helmand Province
|
45
|
At least 45 Afghan civilians were killed in
NATO-led
airstrikes
|
2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack
|
January 14, 2008
|
Kabul
|
6 to 7 people killed and 6 wounded
|
Taliban claimed responsibility.
[78]
|
2008 Kandahar bombing
|
February 17, 2008
|
Kandahar
|
100 killed and 100 wounded
|
Crowd of people who were watching a dog-fighting competition were attacked.
[79]
|
Sarposa prison attack of 2008
|
June 13, 2008
|
Kandahar
|
15 policemen killed from the
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan side. 10 killed from
Taliban side.
|
Reportedly, attack was carried out by
Taliban insurgents.
[80]
|
2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul
|
July 7, 2008
|
Kabul
|
58 killed and 141 wounded
|
Taliban and
Haqqani network are the alleged perpetrators.
[81]
[82]
[83]
|
Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
|
September 20, 2008
|
Islamabad
|
54 killed and 266 wounded
|
Explosives were detonated in front of the
Marriott Hotel.
[84]
[85]
|
February 2009 raids on Kabul
|
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
|
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
|
August 25, 2009
|
Kandahar
|
43 killed and 65+ wounded
|
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
|
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
|
October 8, 2009
|
Kabul
|
17 killed and 83 wounded
|
The
Taliban were the alleged perpetrators.
[99]
[100]
|
January 2010 Kabul attack
|
January 18, 2010
|
Kabul
|
12 killed and 71 wounded
|
Taliban gunmen were the reported perpetrators.
[101]
|
February 2010 Kabul attack
|
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]
|
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]
|