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Pages in category "2020 massacres of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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]
The Guardian reported that women protesting the attack were being beaten by the Taliban. [11] A Twitter campaign with the hashtag #StopHazaraGenocide was started on October 2, 2022. The hashtag has been tweeted over 3 million times and was supported by celebrities from Afghanistan and rest of the world. [12]
Save the Children condemned the attack, saying that it was "deeply saddened about reports that children have been injured, and possibly killed." [ 5 ] The International Rescue Committee (IRC) condemned the "senseless bombing of schools in Kabul", sent condolences to the victims' families and highlighted the jeopardy in which Afghan citizens ...
[50] [51] [52] Among those confirmed killed was the leader of Kabul Corps of the Islamic army of Afghanistan Hamdullah Mukhlis, who was also known as the "Conqueror of Kabul" after he became the first senior Taliban figure to occupy the Afghanistan presidential palace during the August 15, 2021 Taliban takeover of Kabul [53] [54] [55] 3 November
In addition to the American service members, 168 Afghans were killed in the bombing as they tried to get on board evacuation flights out of the war-torn country.
Jabbar deployed to Afghanistan from Feb. 2009 until Jan. 2015. He was posted at bases including Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, and what was then Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani visited the base on the day after the attack and declared a national day of mourning, while provincial governor Atta Muhammad Nur said an investigation into possible inside help the Taliban received had begun and that "we will avenge the blood of their children."