| June 2020 Afghanistan attacks | |
|---|---|
| Part of the War in Afghanistan | |
  Badakhshan Helmand Kabul June 2020 Afghanistan attacks (Afghanistan) | |
| Location | Badakhshan Province Kabul Province Helmand Province |
| Date | 6–29 June 2020 |
| Deaths | 15 in Badakhshan Province 7 in Kabul Province 23+ in Helmand Province |
| Injured | 8 in Kabul Province |
In June 2020, insurgents and the Taliban carried out attacks throughout Afghanistan in a continuation of attacks carried out in May. [1]
On June 5, 2020, 10 policemen were killed in attacks in Zabul province. [1] The next day on June 6, a roadside bomb killed 11 members of the Afghan security forces when their vehicle hit a bomb. The Afghan soldiers were responding to attacks on checkpoints in Khash District, Badakhshan Province, when their vehicle hit the bomb. [1] According to the spokesman for Badakhshan's provincial police chief Sanaullah Rohani, a local commander and four militants were among those killed in the attack. In a separate incident on the same day, three police officers were killed in a shootout in Guldara District, Kabul Province. [1]
On 12 June 2020, a Sunni mosque in Kabul was bombed, killing four people and injuring another eight. [2] On 17 June, twelve security forces members were killed and five were wounded during a Taliban attack in Aqcha District, Jowzjan Province. Four soldiers were taken hostage in the attack, and five Taliban militants killed. [3] Two security checkpoints in the Aqcha district were hit from different angles by the attackers, in an attempt to take over their control, a spokesman in the Jawzjan province confirmed. [4] However, the actual extent of casualties are yet to be ascertained, as the group behind the attack has not issued a statement yet. [5] Over a week later on June 29, at least 23 people were killed in rocket attacks on a cattle market in Sangin District, Helmand Province. Both the government and the Taliban blamed each other for the attack. [6]
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