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It further said the hospital had been "repeatedly & precisely hit" and that the attack had continued for 30 minutes after MSF staff contacted U.S. and Afghan officials. [23] [24] The Associated Press reported that US Special Forces were a half mile away from the hospital at the time of the attack, defending the governor of Kunduz province ...
The siege of Kunduz occurred during the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan. After the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif on 9 November, the focus of the Northern Alliance advance shifted towards the city of Kunduz , which was the last remaining Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan.
Taliban fighters freed from Kunduz prison [6] 21 June–8 August: Unknown; 8–11 August: 2,000 soldiers [9] Casualties and losses; Afghan military claim: Heavy casualties [5] Unknown casualties Hundreds of soldiers surrendered [9] Weapons: A number of military vehicles, equipment [10] and ScanEagle drones captured [11] 1 tank captured, 3 tanks ...
After signing the agreement with the United States, the Taliban resumed offensive operations against the Afghan army and police on 3 March, conducting attacks in Kunduz and Helmand provinces. [417] On 4 March, the United States retaliated by launching an air strike against Taliban fighters in Helmand. [ 418 ]
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.
At least 7 people were killed and more than 15 wounded in an explosion which occurred at a school in Khost. [42] 8 October Kunduz: At least 50 At least 100 2021 Kunduz mosque bombing: At least 50 people were killed by an IS affiliated suicide bomber who detonated himself in a Shia mosque. [43] 15 October Kandahar: At least 50 At least 100
Israeli forces have carried out a deadly targeted airstrike on Hezbollah in Beirut, Lebanon following days of electronic device explosions around the country.
The Taliban launched its attacks on Kunduz on 24 April, targeting four outlying districts around the city. [17] By the 28th, they largely controlled the suburb of Gortepa, while in the Imam Sahib District Taliban fighters surrounded an Afghan National Army base and Afghan Local Police forces in the area were forced to retreat on several fronts. [17]