2016 in Afghanistan

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2016
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Afghanistan
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List of years in Afghanistan

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Afghanistan.

Contents

Incumbents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Public holidays

See also

References

  1. "Suicide blast strikes Kabul restaurant popular with foreigners". the telegraph. 1 January 2016.
  2. "Battle near Indian consulate building in northern Afghanistan". the telegraph. 3 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Afghan forces raid another Taliban 'prison' in Helmand". the long war journal. 29 February 2016.
  4. "One U.S. soldier killed, two wounded in Helmand province, Afghanistan". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  5. "Pentagon identifies Army Special Forces soldier killed in Afghanistan". the Washington post. 6 January 2016.
  6. "Congressman questions if Army Special Forces denied rescue force, fire support". The Washington Post. 7 January 2016.
  7. "CENTCOM: AC-130 'absolutely did fire' in Marjah battle against Taliban". Stars and Stripes. 8 January 2016.
  8. Agencies (13 January 2016). "Suicide Attack Targets Pakistan Consulate In Afghanistan's Jalalabad". NDTV.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  9. "Army Ranger Recovering from Wounds in Afghanistan Attack". Military.com. 29 January 2016.
  10. "Afghanistan attack: Kabul suicide bomber kills 20". BBC News . 1 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  11. Mirwais Harooni (1 February 2016). "Suicide bomber strikes outside police office in Afghan capital". Reuters. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  12. "Taliban Bombing Kills at Least 20 at Kabul Police Station". The New York Times. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  13. "Taliban suicide bomber in deadly attack on Kabul police base". The Guardian. February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  14. "Suicide bomber kills 20 outside Kabul police base". AFP; Reuters. February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  15. "Taliban attack on Kabul police headquarters kills 20". UPI. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  16. "Deadly suicide attack rocks Afghanistan's capital" . Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  17. Ashley Fantz and Masoud Popalzai (1 February 2016). "Taliban claim Kabul police headquarters attack - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  18. "Afghan official: U.S. airstrikes hit ISIS radio station, kill 29 militants". CNN. February 2, 2016.
  19. "US strikes Pakistani Taliban faction in eastern Afghanistan". the long war journal. 3 February 2016.
  20. 1 2 "I see my old battalion assigned to Helmand again and I wonder: What is the point?". Washington post. 27 February 2016.
  21. "Afghan policeman opens fire on colleagues, kills 4". appealdemocrat. 11 February 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  22. "US Drones, Afghan Forces Kill 28 IS Fighters". VOA. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  23. "Battle for Achin Rages On; Afghan Govt. Reports Dozens of Militants Killed". VOA. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  24. "Afghanistan: Three killed in raid on Swedish-run clinic". BBC. 18 February 2016.
  25. "US drone crashes in southern Afghanistan; no injuries". foxnews. 20 February 2016.
  26. "Officials: Forces kill 43 Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan". Stars and Stripes. 23 February 2016.
  27. "ISIS In Afghanistan: US Airstrikes, Afghan Forces Target Islamic State Group In Eastern Nangarhar". international business times. 23 February 2016.
  28. "Afghanistan suicide attacks kill 25, jeopardising peace talks". ABC news. 27 February 2016.
  29. "Afghanistan: 25 people killed in two separate suicide attacks". BBC News. 27 February 2016.
  30. "Afghanistan militants dead in Jalalabad attack". BBC. 2 March 2016.
  31. "Afghan President: IS Being Wiped out in Afghanistan". ABC news. 6 March 2016.
  32. "Drone strike kills Islamic State militants in Afghanistan". Stars and Stripes. 7 March 2016.
  33. "Taliban Fighters Assault Afghan Government Sites in Helmand". New York Times. 9 March 2016.
  34. "NATO chief predicts another tough year ahead for Afghanistan". militarytimes. 16 March 2016.
  35. "US Air Force F-16 Crashes in Afghanistan, Pilot Safely Ejects". abc news. 29 March 2016.
  36. "Afghanistan: Taliban fight kills 15 security troops". AlJazeera. 30 March 2016.
  37. "Number of ISIL Fighters in Afghanistan Drops Significantly, Official Says". US department of defence. 14 April 2016.
  38. "39 IS members killed in clashes with troops in eastern Afghanistan". fox news latino. 6 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  39. "Twelve Die in Coalition Raid in Afghanistan". Washington street journal. 16 April 2016.
  40. "Haqqanis Steering Deadlier Taliban in Afghanistan, Officials Say". New York Times. 7 May 2016.
  41. "Senior Official Outlines U.S. Forces' Missions in Afghanistan". U.S. department of Defence.
  42. "Afghan conflict: Special forces 'free' prisoners of Taliban". BBC News. 6 May 2016.
  43. "Afghanistan: Nato soldiers killed in 'green-on-blue' attack". BBC News. 7 May 2016.
  44. "Afghanistan executes six Taliban prisoners". the guardian. 8 May 2016.
  45. "Afghanistan fuel tanker crash kills 73 in Ghazni province". BBC News. 8 May 2016.
  46. "Afghanistan: Taliban prisoners hanged as Helmand fighting flares". BBC News. 8 May 2016.
  47. 1 2 "Taliban claims it shot down US drone in Afghanistan". Stars and stripes. 10 May 2016.
  48. "Pakistan ex-PM's kidnapped son rescued in Afghanistan". BBC News. 10 May 2016.
  49. "Ali Haider Gilani freed in Afghanistan". Aljazeera. 10 May 2016.
  50. "Pakistan Says US-Afghan Raid Rescues Son of Pakistani Ex-PM". ABC news. 10 May 2016.
  51. "Ex-Pakistan PM Gilani's kidnapped son rescued in Afghanistan". the guardian. 10 May 2016.
  52. "U.S. Special Ops Forces, Afghan Commandos Rescue Hostage". U.S. department of defence. 10 May 2016.
  53. "U.S. and Afghan forces rescue Pakistani politician from al-Qaeda group". the Washington post. 10 May 2016.
  54. "Suicide bomber kills at least 4 at Afghan police training center". Stars and Stripes. 14 May 2016.
  55. "US drone strike reportedly kills senior Al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan". fox news. 18 May 2016.
  56. "Bomber targets NATO convoy; Insider attack kills 6 Afghan police". stars and stripes. 21 May 2016.
  57. "Taliban Suicide Bomber Hits NATO Convoy Near Kabul". VOA news. Archived from the original on 2016-05-22. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  58. "Afghan War Rules Leave U.S. Troops Wondering When It's OK to Shoot". Washington street journal. 20 June 2016.
  59. "Pakistan, Afghan soldiers clash at Khyber Pass border: officials". Reuters. 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  60. "Taliban overrun district in volatile Uruzgan province". stars and stripes. 14 June 2016.
  61. "Dozens of Islamic State fighters killed in eastern Afghanistan". stars and stripes. 19 June 2016.
  62. "Taliban suicide attack kills 14 Nepalese security guards". Stars and stripes. 20 June 2016.
  63. "Taliban leader killed in northern Afghanistan". stars and stripes. 27 June 2016.
  64. "25 ISIS Terrorists killed in Nangarhar Raids By Afghan Army".
  65. "Pentagon Press Secretary Comments on Death of Terrorist in Afghanistan". Department of Defence. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  66. "Pentagon: school attack mastermind killed in US airstrike". Washington post. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016.
  67. 1 2 "US drone destroys Islamic State radio station in Afghanistan". Stars and Stripes. 14 July 2016.
  68. "More madness, more bloodshed in Afghanistan". Pakistan Today . 23 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  69. 1 2 "Kabul explosion: Islamic State 'admits attack on Hazara protest' but protester believed Afghanistan government is behind this attack, they believe government want to shout down the people of Afghanistan". BBC. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  70. "داعش مسئولیت حمله به تظاهرات جنبش روشنایی را به عهده گرفت" (in Persian). BBC Afghanistan. 23 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-07-25. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  71. "Kabul: At least 80 feared killed, more than 200 wounded in IS claimed bomb attack". The Indian Express . 23 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  72. "At least 5 US troops wounded in Afghanistan fighting Islamic State". fox news. 29 July 2016.
  73. 1 2 "American troops wounded fighting ISIS in Afghanistan as operations there grow". military.com. 28 July 2016.
  74. "Top ISIS Leader in Afghanistan Killed in US Airstrike". ABC news. 12 August 2016.
  75. "Afghanistan's Taliban attack foreign tourist convoy". BBC. 4 August 2016.
  76. "2 soldiers injured in Afghanistan IED blast". armytimes. 8 August 2016.
  77. "3 US troops injured in Afghanistan". stars and stripes. 9 August 2016.
  78. "US and Australian professors kidnapped in Afghanistan". bbc. 8 August 2016.
  79. "Soldier dies from noncombat injury in Afghanistan". armytimes. 14 August 2016.
  80. 1 2 "Taliban overruns district in Afghanistan's Baghlan". al jazeera. 15 August 2016.
  81. "At least 2 wounded in bombing near US Embassy in Afghanistan". fox news. 15 August 2016.
  82. "Over a hundred US troops sent to Lashkar Gah to battle Taliban". the guardian. 22 August 2016.
  83. "Taliban seizes Khanabad in Afghanistan's Kunduz". al jazeera. 21 August 2016.
  84. "Afghan forces retake Khanabad district from Taliban". Aljazeera. 21 August 2016.
  85. "Taliban forces consolidate gains around Kunduz". Washington post. 22 August 2016.
  86. "US servicemember killed in Afghanistan". stars and stripes. 23 August 2016.
  87. "Green Beret Killed by IED Was on Patrol with Afghan Special Forces". military.com. 26 August 2016.
  88. "Afghanistan: Taliban pushes into Uruzgan's Tarinkot". alJazeera. 8 September 2016.
  89. "US military kills AQIS leaders, fighters in southern Afghanistan". Long War Journal. 26 April 2017.
  90. "At Least 7 Afghan Police Officers Killed in Errant U.S. Strike, Officials Say". new York times. 19 September 2016.
  91. "Suspected US drone strike on Isis kills 18 people in Afghanistan". The Guardian. 28 September 2016.
  92. "Taliban storm into Afghanistan's Kunduz". al Jazeera. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  93. "US special operations 'enablers' in Kunduz as Taliban reportedly". Stars and Stripes. 3 October 2016.
  94. "Maryland Soldier Killed by Roadside Bomb in Afghanistan". nbcwashington. 5 October 2016.
  95. "US special operator was 1st US casualty in fight against Islamic State in Afghanistan". Stars and Stripes. 5 October 2016.
  96. "IED blast wounds 2 US servicemembers in eastern Afghanistan". Stars and Stripes. 8 October 2016.
  97. "Afghan army helicopter crashes in north Afghanistan; 8 dead". 9 October 2016.
  98. "Afghan Taliban launch large-scale attack on Helmand; suicide blast kills 14". fox news. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  99. "At least 14 killed in Helmand as Afghans battle Taliban on multiple fronts". Stars and Stripes. 10 October 2016.
  100. "Deadly attacks target defiant Shiite worshipers in Afghanistan amid security fears". Washington post. 12 October 2016.
  101. "An 'eroding stalemate' in Afghanistan as Taliban widens its offensive". Washington post. 14 October 2016.
  102. "DEA: Heroin Haul Largest Ever in Afghanistan, 'if Not the World'". ABC news. 15 December 2016.
  103. "DoD Identifies US Soldier, Civilian Killed in Afghanistan". military.com. 21 October 2016.
  104. "Two Americans killed at military base in Afghanistan". bbc news. 19 October 2016.
  105. "Al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan killed, spy agency confirms". yahoo. 27 October 2016.
  106. "IS in Afghanistan 'kills 30 abducted civilians'". BBC. 26 October 2016.
  107. Zarifi, Yousuf (27 October 2016). "Over 30 Daesh rebels dead in Pachiragam offensive". www.pajhwok.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-29.
  108. "19 LeT militants killed in airstrikes in Afghanistan". The Hindu. 30 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-30.
  109. Wesal, Ajmal (29 October 2016). "30 Taliban killed in Uruzgan operation". www.pajhwok.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01.
  110. "DoD IDs 2 Soldiers Killed in Kunduz as Officials Confirm Airstrikes". military.com. 4 November 2016.
  111. "2 US Troops, 26 Civilians Dead after Afghan Raid on Taliban". military.com. 3 November 2016.
  112. "At least four killed in Taliban raid on German consulate in Afghanistan". the guardian. 11 November 2016.
  113. "Afghanistan: Explosion hits US airbase in Bagram". al jazeera. 12 November 2016.
  114. "1st Cav Soldiers Among 4 Americans Killed in Afghanistan". military.com. 14 November 2016.
  115. "Soldier succumbs to wounds received during November suicide bombing in Afghanistan". Washington post. 7 December 2016.
  116. "Isis claims responsibility for Kabul mosque suicide bomb blast". the guardian. 21 November 2016.
  117. "Afghanistan fuel tanker hits bus, killing at least 14". BBC. 18 December 2016.
  118. "Afghanistan Taliban: Eight dead in attack on MP's house". BBC. 22 December 2016.
  119. Sennott, Charles M. (May 5, 2015). "The First Battle of the 21st Century". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on July 30, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2015. Even after 14 years of war in Afghanistan, the U.S. military has not fully succeeded in restoring security to the country or defeating the Taliban. Now, at the request of the new Afghan government, the United States has delayed the completion of its troop withdrawal from the country until 2016 at the earliest.