26 August 2016

News Story: Backgrounder - Major attacks in Afghan capital since Jan. 1

KABUL, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- About 15 people were killed and 45 others injured in a terrorist attack on a private American-run university in Kabul on Wednesday night. Seven students were among those killed while 36 college staff and students wounded in the suicide car bombing and ensuing gunfight, police said Thursday.

The following is the listing of major attacks in Kabul since January this year.

On Aug. 1, a truck bombing followed by shooting attack rocked North Gate, a foreign companies' compound, in the eastern part of Kabul, killing one policeman and three militants and injuring three officers. The massive blast destroyed several buildings.

On July 29, a senior employee of Afghan parliament was killed, two people were injured and three cars destroyed in a bomb attack near a crowded overpass in western Kabul.

On July 23, 84 persons mainly from Hazara ethnic minority were killed and 305 injured when three suicide bombers hit a street protest in Dehmazang neighborhood. The IS militant group claimed responsibility.

Read the full story at Xinhua