November 2020 Afghanistan attacks
Details
Part of the War in Afghanistan and Taliban insurgency | |
Location | Afghanistan |
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Date | November 2020 |
Attack type | Bombing Car bombing Shooting |
Weapons | Bomb Shotguns |
Deaths | 88 |
Injured | 193 |
Perpetrators | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province Taliban |
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November 2020 Afghanistan attacks
Introduction
The November 2020 Afghanistan attacks were multiple attacks launched by insurgents including the Taliban and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province in November 2020. The attacks left at least 88 people dead and more than 193 injured.
Timeline of the attacks
Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Details |
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1 | Herat, Herat Province | 3 | 2 | A bombing attack in Herat, Herat Province left at least 3 police dead and another 2 people were injured. |
1 | Kunduz Province | 4 | 8 | At least 4 people were killed and another 8 were injured after a mortar shell hit Kunduz Province. |
2 | Kabul, Kabul Province | 32 (+3) | 50 | 2020 Kabul University attack - At least 32 people were killed and 50 others injured in an attack on Kabul University. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the attack. |
7 | Kabul, Kabul Province | 3 | 0 | A bomb attached to the vehicle of former TOLO TV presenter Yama Siawash exploded in the morning, killing the journalist and two other civilians while they were inside the car. |
8 | Baghlan Province | 4 | 6 | Multiple attacks left at least 4 soldiers dead and 6 injured in Baghlan Province. |
8 | Ghazni, Ghazni District, Ghazni Province | 8 | 7 | Taliban attacked houses with mortars in Ghazni city, Ghazni Province. The attack left at least 8 people dead and another 7 were injured. |
10 | Faryab Province | 4 | 20 | At least 4 police were killed in car bombing attack and another 20 people were injured. |
10 | Maidan Wardak Province | 1 | 5 | A bomb killed one and 5 others were injured in Maidan Wardak Province. |
11 | Kabul Province | 2 | 1 | A magnetic bomb kills at least 2 police and another was injured in Lab-e-Jar area, Kabul Province. |
11 | Kabul Province | 2 | 0 | At least 2 soldiers were killed in a shooting attack. The attack occurred in Qala-e-Wazir area, Kabul Province. |
12 | Helmand Province | 1 | 0 | A bomb killed a reporter in Helmand Province. |
13 | Paghman District, Kabul Province | 4 | 5 | Car bombing left at least 4 soldiers dead and 5 others were injured in Paghman District, Kabul Province. |
17 | Jurm District, Badakhshan Province | 12 | 10 | Taliban kills at least 12 police and injured 10 others in Jurm District, Badakhshan Province. |
21 | Kabul | 8 | 31 | ISIL claim responsibility for rocket attacks which hit several buildings, including the Iranian embassy, an office and a medical centre. |
22 | Ghazni | 30 | 24 | At least 30 Afghani Security personnel were killed and at least 24 were wounded in a car bombing, but no one has claimed responsibility. The Taliban said they did not, nor did perpetrate the attack. |
23 | Qalat | 4 | 24 | 4 civilians were killed, and 24 were injured, 4 critically, by a suicide attack
in the Zabul District, Qalat province. No one has yet claimed responsibility |