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The Battle of Kunduz took place between the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and the Taliban for control of the city of Kunduz. The fighting started in late June [ 17 ] and lasted until the city was overrun by the Taliban on 8 August. [ 10 ]
On 8 October 2021, an ISIS-K suicide bombing occurred at the Shia Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz. [3] [4] Over 50 people were killed, and another 100 injured, but according to an estimate by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, more than 100 people were killed and wounded.
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. [3] 7 January Kabul, Kabul Province: 2 0 A gunman shot dead a security force member and an Afghan Air Force pilot in Kabul. [4] 8 January Ghurian District, Herat Province: 4 4
The battle for Kunduz involved the Red Unit, the Taliban elite shock troops, and resulted in the release of hundreds of prisoners including Taliban commanders. [41] The city of Taloqan was also taken by the Taliban late 8 August, making it the fifth provincial capital to fall. [ 201 ]
Six days before the attack, 11 were killed on a court minibus attack, soon after the death of Mullah Akhtar Mansour. All of these attacks were conducted by the Taliban. [ 9 ] The Taliban held Kunduz briefly one year before the attack.
The U.S. Department of Defense will seek to make "condolence payments" to families of victims of a U.S. air strike that mistakenly hit a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan ...
The FBI has recently made public several photos from the investigation inside the Pentagon after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The images, posted to the FBI's records vault, give a new look ...
On 19 May, the Taliban killed a policeman and a civilian and injured 18 others in a motorbike bomb in Kunduz, Afghanistan. On the same day, the Taliban attempted to capture Kunduz, attacking several government posts but were repelled by the Afghan security forces. The Taliban were forced to flee the city, leaving ten dead bodies behind. [51]