August 2020 Afghanistan attacks | |
Partof: | the War in Afghanistan |
Location: | Jalalabad Khwaja Ghar District Baghlan Province Ghazni Nangarhar Province Qadis District Farah Panjwayi District Balkh Province Jaghatū District |
Target: | Prison (Jalalabad) Police station (Ghazni) |
Date: | August 2020 |
Fatalities: | 165 |
Injuries: | 177 |
Perpetrators: | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province Taliban |
The August 2020 Afghanistan attacks were multiple attacks that occurred in August 2020. The attacks left at least 165 people dead, and another 177 were injured.
Date | Location | data-sort-type="number" | Dead | data-sort-type="number" | Injured | Details |
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2–3 August | Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province | 29 | 50 | Jalalabad prison attack - The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province launched an attack on the prison in the Jalalabad city in Nangarhar Province.[1] At least 29 people were killed in the attack and at least 50 others were injured.[2] | ||
5 August | Baghlan Province | 12 | Unknown | At least 12 people were killed after a mine planted by an unknown group exploded in Baghlan Province.[3] | ||
9 August | Ghazni | 7 | 15 | At least seven policemen were killed and 15 others are injured after a car bomb explodes outside a police station in Ghazni. Nobody claims responsibility for the attack.[4] | ||
12 August | Nangarhar Province | 6 | 5 | Insurgents kills at least 6 security forces and another 5 were injured in Nangarhar Province.[5] | ||
12 August | Qadis District | 7 | 4 | Taliban kills at least 4 security forces in Qadis District. 3 Talibans were also killed in the attack and another 4 were injured.[6] | ||
12 August | Farah, Farah Province | 4 | 2 | A car bombing kills at least 4 people and 2 others were injured in Farah a city located in Farah Province.[7] | ||
13 August | Panjwayi District, Kandahar Province | 4 | 6 | At least 4 people were killed and another 6 were injured after a bomb exploded in Panjwayi District, Kandahar Province.[8] | ||
13 August | Timor-Sarai, Balkh Province | 12 | 2 | Armed conflicts between Taliban terror group and security forces left at least 4 security forces dead and another 2 were injured and 8 insurgents dead in Timor-Sarai village in Balkh Province.[9] | ||
15 August | Baghlan Province Uruzgan Province | 9 | 9 | Insurgents killed at least 4 police and injured 4 others in Baghlan Province. In another attack insurgents killed at least 5 security forces and injured 5 others in Uruzgan Province.[10] | ||
19 August | Kabul | 1 | 1 | A magnetic mine killed one and injured another in Kabul city.[11] | ||
19 August | Puli Khumri, Baghlan Province | 2 | 11 | A road side bombing kills at least 2 security forces and other 11 people were injured in Puli Khumri, Baghlan Province.[12] | ||
19 August | Kabul | 3 | 16 | A rocket attack left at least 3 people dead and another 16 were injured in Kabul.[13] | ||
20 August | Khwaja Bahauddin District, Takhar Province | 14 | 6 | Taliban kills at least 14 Afghan security forces and injured 6 others in Khwaja Bahauddin District, Takhar Province.[14] | ||
20 August | Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province | 14 | 2 | 10 militants from the Taliban terrorist group were killed after attacking security forces, killing 4 of them in Khogyani district, Nangarhar Province.[15] | ||
23 August | Jaghatū District, Ghazni Province | 7 | 0 | At least 7 people have died after a bomb exploded in Jaghatū District, Ghazni Province.[16] | ||
24 August | Dih Yak District, Ghazni Province | 3 | 6 | The insurgents from terror group Taliban killed 3 Afghan security forces and injured another 6 in Dih Yak District, Ghazni Province.[17] | ||
24 August | Imam Sahib District, Kunduz Province | 1 | 0 | An attack left one member of the Afghan security forces dead in Kunduz Province.[18] | ||
25 August | Balkh District, Balkh Province | 4 | 30 | At least 4 people were killed and another 30 were injured in a truck bombing attack in Balkh District, Balkh Province.[19] | ||
25 August | Shahrak District, Ghor Province | 8 | 6 | Insurgents killed at least 8 Afghan soldiers and another 6 were wounded in Shahrak District, Ghor province.[20] | ||
27 August | Bagram District, Parwan Province | 5 | 4 | An attack in Sayad village, Bagram district, Parwan province left 4 civilians and 1 Afghan soldier dead and another 3 civilians and 1 soldier were injured.[21] | ||
28 August | Spin Boldak District, Kandahar Province | 13 | 2 | Two bombs killed at least 13 people and another 2 were injured in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar Province.[22] |