2014 Bagram Airfield bombing

2014 Bagram suicide bombing
Part of War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Location of Parwan Province in Afghanistan
Location	Bagram, Parwan Province, Afghanistan
Date	July 8, 2014 (2014-07-08) 5:15 (UTC)
Target	Afghan-ISAF reconnaissance patrol
Attack type	Suicide bombing
Weapons	Explosives
Deaths	Total: 17+ 5 Czech soldiers 2 Afghan policemen 10 Afghan civilians
Perpetrators	Taliban

On 8 July 2014, a Taliban suicide bomber riding a bicycle attacked a joint Afghan-ISAF reconnaissance mission in the vicinity of Qalandar Khel village in front of the Korean Clinic. ^[1]

Events

The attack occurred at approximately 5:15 (UTC) A.M., ^[2] as the Czech soldiers along with Afghan police, were assessing the security situation in the village in the vicinity of Bagram Airfield. The bomber was in a crowd of Afghans talking to the soldiers who were investigating rocket attacks against Bagram airbase. ^[3] Two days prior, a rocket had been fired at the base from the nearby village of Qalandar Khil. ^{[1] [4]} At least 17 people died on site in the suicide bombing, including 10 Afghan civilians, 2 Afghan police officers, and 4 Czech soldiers. A fifth Czech soldier died of wounds six days later in a Prague military hospital. ^[5]

Fatalities

Five Czech ISAF soldiers were killed, ^[6] of the Czech Afghanistan Contingent.

Date	Name	Rank	Age	Unit	Branch	Region	City	Cause	Place of Death	Died In
7-14-2014	Lieskovan, Jaroslav	Rotmistr (Sergeant First Class)	39	2nd Czech Force Protection Company	Czech Army	Pardubice	Chrudim	Hostile - hostile fire	Prague	Czech Republic
7-08-2014	Beneš, David	Rotmistr (Sergeant First Class)	28	2nd Czech Force Protection Company	Czech Army	Pardubice	Chrudim	Hostile - hostile fire	Bagram Air Force Base	Afghanistan
7-08-2014	Šenkýr, Jan	Desátník (Corporal)	39	43rd airborne battalion	Czech Army	Ústí nad Labem	Žatec	Hostile - hostile fire	Bagram Air Force Base	Afghanistan
7-08-2014	Ligac, Libor	Desátník (Corporal)	32	2nd Czech Force Protection Company	Czech Army	Pardubice	Chrudim	Hostile - hostile fire	Bagram Air Force Base	Afghanistan
7-08-2014	Klusák, Ivo	Četař (Sergeant)	33	2nd Czech Force Protection Company	Czech Army	Pardubice	Chrudim	Hostile - hostile fire	Bagram Air Force Base	Afghanistan

See also

• 2007 Bagram Airfield bombing
• 2015 Bagram Airfield bombing
• 2016 Bagram Airfield bombing

References

1. "4th Czech Force Protection Company sponsors Czech Fallen Heroes' Day". Army.mil. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
2. "Czech NATO soldier seriously injured in Afghanistan dies". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
3. "Four Czech soldiers among 16 killed in Afghan suicide attack". DAWN.COM. AFP. 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
4. "Radio Prague - Four Czech soldiers killed in Afghan suicide bomb attack" . Retrieved 2017-06-19.
5. "Fifth Czech Dies From Afghan Blast". RFE/RL. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
6. "iCasualties | Operation Iraqi Freedom | Iraq | Fatalities By Nationality". icasualties.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2017-06-19.