June 2020 Afghanistan attacks
| 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]
Attacks
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Separate attacks kill 14 Afghan forces in Kabul, northeast". AP NEWS. 2020-06-06. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
- ^ "Official: Bomb explodes in Kabul mosque, at least 4 killed". ABC News. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
- ^ "Afghans Say Taliban Attacks Kill At Least 17 Military Personnel In Northern Provinces". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. June 17, 2020.
Afghan officials say Taliban fighters have attacked a checkpoint in the northern province of Jawzjan, killing 12 security force members. Abdul Marouf Azar, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said on June 17 that five others were wounded in the attack that occurred at dawn in the Aqcha district.
- ^ "Latest Taliban Attacks Kill 17 Afghan Forces".
- ^ "Afghanistan: Taliban attack security forces checkpoints in Aqcha (Jowzjan province) June 17".
- ^ "Blast kills at least 23 at cattle market in southern Afghanistan". Reuters. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
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