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| 2021 Afghanistan attacks | |
|---|---|
| Part of the War in Afghanistan and the Taliban insurgency | |
| Location | Afghanistan |
| Date | 2021 |
| Deaths | 174 |
| Injured | 20 |
| Perpetrators | Taliban |
There have been several terrorist attacks in Afghanistan in 2021. These attacks left at least 174 people dead and at least another 20 injured.
| Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Dara-e-Taimoor, Ghor Province | 2 | 0 | An attack left 2 people dead, including a journalist, in Dara-e-Taimoor village, Ghor Province. [1] |
| 7 January | Band-e-Khan Abad, Kunduz Province | 6 | 2 | The Taliban killed at least 6 security forces and another 2 were injured in Band-e-Khan Abad, Kunduz Province. [2] |
| 7 January | Kabul, Kabul Province | 2 | 0 | A gunman shot dead a security force member and an Afghan Air Force pilot in Kabul. [3] |
| 8 January | Ghurian District, Herat Province | 4 | 4 | At least 4 security forces were killed and 4 others injured in Ghurian District, Herat Province. [4] |
| 18–19 January | Kunduz, Baghlan and Nimruz Provinces | 40+ | Several | Over 40 security force members have been killed in two days of fighting with the Taliban in Kunduz, Baghlan and Nimruz Provinces, Afghanistan. [5] |
| 20 January | Herat | 3 | 4 | Three Afghan National Army soldiers were killed and four others were wounded in an attack by unidentified gunmen on their vehicle in Herat. [6] |
| 15 February | Balkh Province | 30 | Unknown | 30 Taliban militants were killed after an explosion at an IED-making course. [7] |
| 17 February | Herat | 2 | 3 | 2 policemen were killed and 3 people were injured by a bombing in Herat, Afghanistan. [8] |
| 2–3 March | Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province | 3 | 1 | Three female media workers are shot dead in Jalalabad. A fourth woman is wounded. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack. [9] |
| 4–5 March | Jalalabad | 8 | 1 | A female doctor is killed and a child is wounded in Jalalabad, after a bomb attached to her rickshaw explodes. Seven workers at a Hazara plaster factory are shot dead in Surkh-Rōd District, Nangarhar. ISIL is suspected to be behind the attacks. [10] |
| 13 March | Herat Province | 8 | 50 | Eight people die and 50 others are wounded in a car bombing near a police station in Herat Province. [11] |
| 27 March | Kandahar Province | 3 | 4 | A car bombing targeting security officers in Kandahar province killed three people, four others were wounded. [12] |
| 28 March | Faryab Province | 2 | Taliban fighters kill two security guards at a water dam in Faryab. [13] | |
| 28 March | Laghman Province | 3 | A roadside bomb explodes targeting a police vehicle in Laghman Province, three officers die. [14] | |
| 30 March | Jalalabad | 3 | Three female polio vaccination healthcare workers are shot dead in Jalalabad. [15] | |
| 1 April | Jalalabad | 1 | 0 | A female police officer is shot dead by unknown assailants in Jalalabad. [16] |
| 4 April | near Kabul | 3 | 12 | A car bombing near Kabul killed three security personnel and wounded twelve others. [17] |
| 30 April | Puli Alam, Logar Province | 30 | 90 | 2021 Puli Alam bombing : A car bombing near a guesthouse killed about 30 people and injured about 90 others. [18] |
| 8 May | Kabul | 85 | 150 | 2021 Kabul school bombing : A bomb blast near a school in western Kabul. [19] The blast left 55 people dead and another 150 were injured. [20] |
| 10 May | Zabul Province | 11 | 29 | Eleven people are killed and 29 more are wounded as a roadside bombing struck a bus in Zabul Province. [21] [22] |
| 10 May | Logar Province | 9 | 6 | Five members of the National Directorate of Security, the head of the economy directorate of the province and a manager of the Central Bank branch in the province were killed in three separate incidents that all involved attacks by unknown gunmen. In fourth incident, two civilians were killed and six more were wounded after two mortar shells hit their house on Sunday evening. [22] |
| 11 May | Herat Province | 3 | 5 | Mullah Mannan Niazi, the deputy leader of a splinter group of Taliban led by Mullah Rasul, was wounded after attackers targeted the area where he lived. Mullah Niazi is in a coma and three of his men were killed and four others were wounded in the clash. [23] |
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province is a branch of the militant Islamist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) active in South Asia and Central Asia. Some media sources also use the terms ISK, ISISK, IS-KP, ISIS-K, or Daesh-Khorasan in referring to the group. The Khorasan group's main activity is in the border region of eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, but its area of operations also includes other parts such as Tajikistan, and India where individuals have pledged allegiance to it.
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