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style="display:none">Attack on the gym of the Kabul Serena Hotel, in Kabul, Afghanistan</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/2014_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack">2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox 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summary" style="font-size:125%;">2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">Part of the <a href="/wiki/Taliban_insurgency" title="Taliban insurgency">Taliban insurgency</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Serena_Hotel_in_Kabul.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Serena_Hotel_in_Kabul.jpg/220px-Serena_Hotel_in_Kabul.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Serena_Hotel_in_Kabul.jpg/330px-Serena_Hotel_in_Kabul.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Serena_Hotel_in_Kabul.jpg/440px-Serena_Hotel_in_Kabul.jpg 2x" data-file-width="583" data-file-height="387" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Kabul_Serena_Hotel" title="Kabul Serena Hotel">Kabul Serena Hotel</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=2008_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack&params=34.52_N_69.1777_E_region:AF_type:event"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°31′12″N</span> <span class="longitude">69°10′40″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.52°N 69.1777°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.52; 69.1777</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">January 14, 2008 (UTC+4:30)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Target</th><td class="infobox-data">Senior foreign military officers</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Attack type</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Car_bomb" title="Car bomb">Car bombing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suicide_attack" title="Suicide attack">suicide attack</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mass_shooting" title="Mass shooting">mass shooting</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weapons</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bomb" title="Bomb">Bomb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Explosive_belt" title="Explosive belt">explosive belt</a>, gun</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data">7<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Injured</th><td class="infobox-data">6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Perpetrators</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle%27s_Summit" title="Operation Eagle's Summit"><i>Eagle's Summit</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Red_Dagger" title="Operation Red Dagger"><i>Red Dagger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Shahi_Tandar" title="Operation Shahi Tandar"><i>Shahi Tandar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Diesel" title="Operation Diesel"><i>Diesel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mar_Lewe" title="Operation Mar Lewe"><i>Mar Lewe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Panther%27s_Claw" title="Operation Panther's Claw"><i>Panther's Claw</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Strike_of_the_Sword" title="Operation Strike of the Sword"><i>Strike of the Sword</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dahaneh" title="Battle of Dahaneh">Dahaneh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cobra%27s_Anger" title="Operation Cobra's Anger"><i>Cobra's Anger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Moshtarak" title="Operation Moshtarak"><i>Moshtarak</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tor_Shezada" title="Operation Tor Shezada"><i>Tor Shezada</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sangin_(2010)" title="Battle of Sangin (2010)">Battle of Sangin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2012_raid_on_Camp_Bastion" title="September 2012 raid on Camp Bastion">Camp Bastion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2017_Afghanistan_bombings" title="January 2017 Afghanistan bombings">January 2017 Lashkargah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Sangin" title="Fall of Sangin">Sangin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2017_Lashkargah_bombing" title="June 2017 Lashkargah bombing">June 2017 Lashkargah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Camp_Shorabak_attack" title="2019 Camp Shorabak attack">Camp Shorabak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">Grishk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-vertical mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;margin:0;float:right;clear:right;width:25em;margin-bottom:0.5em;"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Campaignbox_Kandahar_province_campaign" title="Template:Campaignbox Kandahar province campaign"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Campaignbox_Kandahar_province_campaign" title="Template talk:Campaignbox Kandahar province campaign"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Campaignbox_Kandahar_province_campaign" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Campaignbox Kandahar province campaign"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Kandahar_Province" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span style="line-height:1.6em"><a href="/wiki/Kandahar_Province" title="Kandahar Province"><span class="wrap">Kandahar Province</span></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Kandahar_(2001)" title="Bombing of Kandahar (2001)">2001 Kandahar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Kandahar" title="Fall of Kandahar">Fall of Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarnak_Farm_incident" title="Tarnak Farm incident">Tarnak Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mongoose_(2003)" title="Operation Mongoose (2003)"><i>Mongoose</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Medusa" title="Operation Medusa"><i>Medusa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Avalanche_(Afghanistan)" title="Operation Avalanche (Afghanistan)"><i>Avalanche</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kaika" title="Operation Kaika"><i>Kaika</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Panjwaii" title="Battle of Panjwaii">Panjwaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Falcon_Summit" title="Operation Falcon Summit"><i>Falcon Summit</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Hoover" title="Operation Hoover"><i>Hoover</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Luger" title="Operation Luger"><i>Luger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kamin" title="Operation Kamin"><i>Kamin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shah_Wali_Kot_Offensive" title="Shah Wali Kot Offensive">Shah Wali Kot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Kandahar_bombing" title="2008 Kandahar bombing">2008 Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spin_Boldak_bombing" title="Spin Boldak bombing">Spin Boldak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarposa_prison_attack_of_2008" title="Sarposa prison attack of 2008">Sarposa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arghandab_(2008)" title="Battle of Arghandab (2008)">Arghandab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wech_Baghtu_wedding_party_airstrike" title="Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike">Wech Baghtu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Kandahar_bombing" title="2009 Kandahar bombing">2009 Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadahan_wedding_bombing" title="Nadahan wedding bombing">Nadahan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Hamkari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Hamkari (page does not exist)"><i>Hamkari</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragon_Strike" title="Operation Dragon Strike"><i>Dragon Strike</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Baawar" title="Operation Baawar"><i>Baawar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kandahar_(2011)" title="Battle of Kandahar (2011)">Battle of Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandahar_massacre" title="Kandahar massacre">Kandahar massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2017_Afghanistan_bombings" title="January 2017 Afghanistan bombings">2017 Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">2020 Kandahar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-vertical mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;margin:0;float:right;clear:right;width:25em;margin-bottom:0.5em;"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Campaignbox_Eastern_Afghanistan_campaign" title="Template:Campaignbox Eastern Afghanistan campaign"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Campaignbox_Eastern_Afghanistan_campaign" title="Template talk:Campaignbox Eastern Afghanistan campaign"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a 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href="/wiki/Operation_Haven_Denial" title="Operation Haven Denial"><i>Haven Denial</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mountain_Resolve" title="Operation Mountain Resolve"><i>Mountain Resolve</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tar_Heels" title="Operation Tar Heels"><i>Tar Heels</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korangal_Valley_campaign" title="Korangal Valley campaign">Korangal valley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Red_Wings" title="Operation Red Wings"><i>Red Wings</i></a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes" title="Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes">Jaji border incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_South_Korean_hostage_crisis_in_Afghanistan" title="2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan">South Korean hostages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nangar_Khel_incident" title="Nangar Khel incident">Nangar Khel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aranas" title="Battle of Aranas">Aranas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wanat" title="Battle of Wanat">Wanat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ebrahimkhel" title="Battle of Ebrahimkhel">Ebrahimkhel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Alasay" title="Battle of Alasay">Alasay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Bari_Alai" title="Attack on Bari Alai">Bari Alai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ganjgal" title="Battle of Ganjgal">Ganjal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kamdesh" title="Battle of Kamdesh">Kamdesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_raid_on_Narang" title="Night raid on Narang">Narang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Khataba" title="Raid on Khataba">Khataba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Badakhshan_massacre" title="2010 Badakhshan massacre">2010 Badakhshan massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Bad_Pakh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Bad Pakh (page does not exist)">Bad Pakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bulldog_Bite" title="Operation Bulldog Bite"><i>Bulldog Bite</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Barawala_Kalay_Valley" title="Battle of Barawala Kalay Valley">Barawala Kalay Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Do_Ab" title="Battle of Do Ab">Do Ab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Asadabad" title="Battle of Asadabad">Asadabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2014 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2015 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nangarhar_offensive_(2016)" title="Nangarhar offensive (2016)">Nangarhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janikhel_offensive" title="Janikhel offensive">Janikhel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2016 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohmand_Valley_raid" title="Mohmand Valley raid">Mohmand Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tora_Bora_(2017)" title="Battle of Tora Bora (2017)">Tora Bora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Save_the_Children_Jalalabad_attack" title="Save the Children Jalalabad attack">Jalalabad (January 2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2018_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="July 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad (July 2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2018_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="September 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad (September 2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_September_2019_Afghanistan_bombings" title="17 September 2019 Afghanistan bombings">Charikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="2019 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad (2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Bagram_Airfield_attack" title="2019 Bagram Airfield attack">Bagram (2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">May 2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-vertical mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;margin:0;float:right;clear:right;width:25em;margin-bottom:0.5em;"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Campaignbox_Kabul_province_campaign" title="Template:Campaignbox Kabul province campaign"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Campaignbox_Kabul_province_campaign" title="Template talk:Campaignbox Kabul province campaign"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Campaignbox_Kabul_province_campaign" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Campaignbox Kabul province campaign"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Kabul_Province" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span style="line-height:1.6em"><a href="/wiki/Kabul_Province" title="Kabul Province">Kabul Province</a></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_Kabul_bombing" title="2002 Kabul bombing">2002</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008 Serena Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_bombing_of_Indian_embassy_in_Kabul" title="2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul">2008 Indian embassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbin_Valley_ambush" title="Uzbin Valley ambush">Uzbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2009_raids_on_Kabul" title="February 2009 raids on Kabul">2009 raids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NATO_Afghanistan_headquarters_bombing" title="2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing">NATO HQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_bombing_of_Indian_embassy_in_Kabul" title="2009 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul">2009 Indian embassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_UN_guest_house_attack_in_Kabul" title="2009 UN guest house attack in Kabul">Bakhtar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2010_Kabul_attack" title="January 2010 Kabul attack">January 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2010_Kabul_attack" title="February 2010 Kabul attack">February 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2010_Kabul_bombing" title="May 2010 Kabul bombing">May 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Inter-Continental_Hotel_Kabul_attack" title="2011 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack">2011 Inter-Continental Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_attack_on_the_United_States_embassy,_Kabul" title="2011 attack on the United States embassy, Kabul">September 2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Afghanistan_Ashura_bombings" title="2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings">December 2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2012_Afghanistan_attacks" title="April 2012 Afghanistan attacks">April 2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11_June_2013_Kabul_bombing" title="11 June 2013 Kabul bombing">June 2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Afghan_presidential_palace_attack" title="2013 Afghan presidential palace attack">Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2014_Kabul_restaurant_attack" title="January 2014 Kabul restaurant attack">January 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_shooting" title="2014 Kabul Serena Hotel shooting">2014 Serena Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2014_Kabul_bombings" title="December 2014 Kabul bombings">December 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Park_Palace_guesthouse_attack" title="2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack">Park Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Kabul_Parliament_attack" title="2015 Kabul Parliament attack">Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_August_2015_Kabul_attacks" title="7 August 2015 Kabul attacks">7 August 2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_August_2015_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="10 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing">10 August 2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_August_2015_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="22 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing">22 August 2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Spanish_Embassy_attack_in_Kabul" title="2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul">Spanish Embassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2016_Kabul_attack" title="April 2016 Kabul attack">April 2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_attack_on_Canadian_Embassy_guards" title="Kabul attack on Canadian Embassy guards">Canadian Embassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2016_Kabul_bombing" title="July 2016 Kabul bombing">July 2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_University_of_Afghanistan_attack" title="American University of Afghanistan attack">American University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2016_Kabul_attacks" title="September 2016 Kabul attacks">September 2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2017_Afghanistan_bombings" title="January 2017 Afghanistan bombings">January 2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2017_Kabul_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="March 2017 Kabul attack">March 2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2017_Kabul_bombing" title="May 2017 Kabul bombing">May 2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_October_2017_Afghanistan_attacks" title="20 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks">October 2017 mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_December_2017_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="28 December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing">28 December 2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Inter-Continental_Hotel_Kabul_attack" title="2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack">2018 Inter-Continental Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_ambulance_bombing" title="Kabul ambulance bombing">Ambulance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="March 2018 Kabul suicide bombing">March 2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_April_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing">22 April 2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30_April_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombings" title="30 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombings">30 April 2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2018_Kabul_attacks" title="September 2018 Kabul attacks">September 2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Kabul_mosque_bombing" title="2019 Kabul mosque bombing">2019 mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_July_2019_Kabul_attack" title="1 July 2019 Kabul attack">1 July 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_July_2019_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="28 July 2019 Kabul suicide bombing">28 July 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_August_2019_Kabul_bombing" title="7 August 2019 Kabul bombing">7 August 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_August_2019_Kabul_bombing" title="17 August 2019 Kabul bombing">17 August 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_and_5_September_2019_Kabul_bombings" title="2 and 5 September 2019 Kabul bombings">2 and 5 September 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_September_2019_Afghanistan_bombings" title="17 September 2019 Afghanistan bombings">17 September 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6_March_2020_Kabul_shooting" title="6 March 2020 Kabul shooting">6 March 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_gurdwara_attack" title="Kabul gurdwara attack">Gurdwara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">May 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="June 2020 Afghanistan attacks">June 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="July 2020 Afghanistan attacks">July 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="August 2020 Afghanistan attacks">August 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="September 2020 Afghanistan attacks">September 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="October 2020 Afghanistan attacks">October 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="November 2020 Afghanistan attacks">November 2020</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Kabul_University_attack" title="2020 Kabul University attack">University</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="December 2020 Afghanistan attacks">December 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_school_bombing" title="2021 Kabul school bombing">2021 school</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Kabul_(2021)" title="Fall of Kabul (2021)">Fall of Kabul (2021)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_hospital_attack" title="2021 Kabul hospital attack">2021 hospital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-vertical mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" 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style="line-height:1.6em"><a href="/wiki/Counterinsurgency_in_Northern_Afghanistan" title="Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan"><span class="wrap">Kunduz Province</span></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz_airlift" title="Kunduz airlift">Airlift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kunduz" title="Siege of Kunduz">Siege</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Harekate_Yolo" title="Operation Harekate Yolo"><i>Harekate Yolo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Karez" title="Operation Karez"><i>Karez</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Oqab" title="Operation Oqab"><i>Oqab</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Kunduz_airstrike" title="2009 Kunduz airstrike">2009 airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Sahda_Ehlm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Sahda Ehlm (page does not exist)"><i>Sahda Ehlm</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Gala-e_Gorg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Gala-e Gorg (page does not exist)"><i>Gala-e Gorg</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Halmazag" title="Operation Halmazag"><i>Halmazag</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunduz_(2015)" title="Battle of Kunduz (2015)">2015 battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz_hospital_airstrike" title="Kunduz hospital airstrike">Hospital airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz-Takhar_highway_hostage_crisis" title="Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis">Hostage crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunduz_(2016)" title="Battle of Kunduz (2016)">2016 battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Boz_Qandahari" title="Battle of Boz Qandahari">Boz Qandahari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz_madrassa_airstrike" title="Kunduz madrassa airstrike">Kunduz madrassa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <p><b><u>Major operations</u></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mountain_Viper" title="Operation Mountain Viper"><i>Mountain Viper</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Asbury_Park" title="Operation Asbury Park"><i>Asbury Park</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Perth" title="Operation Perth"><i>Perth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chora" title="Battle of Chora">Chora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Firebase_Anaconda" title="Battle of Firebase Anaconda">Firebase Anaconda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shewan" title="Battle of Shewan">Shewan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balamorghab_ambush" title="Balamorghab ambush">Balamorghab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sabzak" title="Battle of Sabzak">Sabzak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Derapet" title="Battle of Derapet">Derapet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Doan" title="Battle of Doan">Doan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunduz_(2015)" title="Battle of Kunduz (2015)">Kunduz (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Omari" title="Operation Omari">Omari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarinkot_(2016)" title="Battle of Tarinkot (2016)">Tarinkot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunduz_(2016)" title="Battle of Kunduz (2016)">Kunduz (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Boz_Qandahari" title="Battle of Boz Qandahari">Boz Qandahari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Darzab_(2017)" title="Battle of Darzab (2017)">Darzab (2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Farah" title="Battle of Farah">Farah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Darzab_(2018)" title="Battle of Darzab (2018)">Darzab (2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Kunar_offensive" title="2019–2020 Kunar offensive">Kunar (2019–2020)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghazni_offensive" title="Ghazni offensive">Ghazni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Taliban_offensive" title="2021 Taliban offensive">2021 Taliban offensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Zaranj" title="Capture of Zaranj">Zaranj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunduz_(2021)" title="Battle of Kunduz (2021)">Kunduz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Herat" title="Fall of Herat">Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kandahar_(2021)" title="Battle of Kandahar (2021)">Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lashkargah" title="Battle of Lashkargah">Lashkargah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Kabul_(2021)" title="Fall of Kabul (2021)">Kabul</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b><u>Airstrikes</u></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_Sayyd_Alma_Kalay_airstrike" title="2001 Sayyd Alma Kalay airstrike">Sayyd Alma Kalay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruzgan_wedding_bombing" title="Uruzgan wedding bombing">Uruzgan wedding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_airstrike" title="Hyderabad airstrike">Hyderabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gora_Prai_airstrike" title="Gora Prai airstrike">Gora Prai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haska_Meyna_wedding_party_airstrike" title="Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike">Haska Meyna/Deh Bala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azizabad_airstrike" title="Azizabad airstrike">Azizabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wech_Baghtu_wedding_party_airstrike" title="Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike">Wech Baghtu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granai_airstrike" title="Granai airstrike">Granai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Kunduz_airstrike" title="2009 Kunduz airstrike">Kunduz (2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruzgan_helicopter_attack" title="Uruzgan helicopter attack">Uruzgan helicopter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Sangin_airstrike" title="2010 Sangin airstrike">Sangin (2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mano_Gai_airstrike" title="Mano Gai airstrike">Mano Gai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baraki_Barak_airstrike" title="Baraki Barak airstrike">Baraki Barak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Kapisa_airstrike" title="2012 Kapisa airstrike">Kapisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Kunar" title="Raid on Kunar">Kunar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz_hospital_airstrike" title="Kunduz hospital airstrike">Kunduz hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Sangin_airstrike" title="2010 Sangin airstrike">Sangin (2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Nangarhar_airstrike" title="2017 Nangarhar airstrike">Nangarhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz_madrassa_airstrike" title="Kunduz madrassa airstrike">Kunduz madrassa</a></li></ul> <p><b><u>Major insurgent attacks</u></b><br /> <b>2002</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_Kabul_bombing" title="2002 Kabul bombing">Kabul</a></li></ul> <p><b>2007</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_South_Korean_hostage_crisis_in_Afghanistan" title="2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan">S Korean hostage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Baghlan_sugar_factory_bombing" title="2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing">Baghlan</a></li></ul> <p><b>2008</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Kandahar_bombing" title="2008 Kandahar bombing">Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spin_Boldak_bombing" title="Spin Boldak bombing">Spin Boldak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Khost_suicide_bombing" title="2008 Khost suicide bombing">Khost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_bombing_of_Indian_embassy_in_Kabul" title="2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul">Kabul Indian embassy</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kabul hotel</a></li></ul> <p><b>2009</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_2009_raids_on_Kabul" title="February 2009 raids on Kabul">Kabul raids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NATO_Afghanistan_headquarters_bombing" title="2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing">Kabul NATO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Kandahar_bombing" title="2009 Kandahar bombing">Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_bombing_of_Indian_embassy_in_Kabul" title="2009 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul">Kabul Indian embassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_UN_guest_house_attack_in_Kabul" title="2009 UN guest house attack in Kabul">Kabul UN guesthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Chapman_attack" title="Camp Chapman attack">Camp Chapman</a></li></ul> <p><b>2010</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2010_Kabul_attack" title="January 2010 Kabul attack">Kabul (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2010_Kabul_attack" title="February 2010 Kabul attack">Kabul (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2010_Kabul_bombing" title="May 2010 Kabul bombing">Kabul (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadahan_wedding_bombing" title="Nadahan wedding bombing">Nadahan</a></li></ul> <p><b>2011</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Logar_province_bombing" title="2011 Logar province bombing">Logar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Inter-Continental_Hotel_Kabul_attack" title="2011 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack">Kabul hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Nimruz_province_bombing" title="2011 Nimruz province bombing">Nimruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Zabul_province_bombing" title="2011 Zabul province bombing">Zabul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_attack_on_the_United_States_embassy,_Kabul" title="2011 attack on the United States embassy, Kabul">Kabul (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Afghanistan_Ashura_bombings" title="2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings">Kabul & Mazar-e-Sharif</a></li></ul> <p><b>2012</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_2012_Afghanistan_attacks" title="April 2012 Afghanistan attacks">Raids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2012_raid_on_Camp_Bastion" title="September 2012 raid on Camp Bastion">Camp Bastion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forward_Operating_Base_Salerno#June_2012_Attack" title="Forward Operating Base Salerno">FOB Salerno Attack</a></li></ul> <p><b>2013</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Farah_attack" title="2013 Farah attack">Farah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11_June_2013_Kabul_bombing" title="11 June 2013 Kabul bombing">Kabul court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Afghan_presidential_palace_attack" title="2013 Afghan presidential palace attack">Kabul palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_bombing_of_Indian_consulate_in_Jalalabad" title="2013 bombing of Indian consulate in Jalalabad">Jalalabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_attack_on_U.S._consulate_in_Herat" title="2013 attack on U.S. consulate in Herat">Herat</a></li></ul> <p><b>2014</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2014_Kabul_restaurant_attack" title="January 2014 Kabul restaurant attack">Kabul restaurant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_shooting" title="2014 Kabul Serena Hotel shooting">Kabul hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_attack_on_Indian_consulate_in_Herat" title="2014 attack on Indian consulate in Herat">Herat Indian consulate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2014 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Paktika_car_bombing" title="2014 Paktika car bombing">1st Paktika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Yahyakhel_suicide_bombing" title="2014 Yahyakhel suicide bombing">2nd Paktika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2014_Kabul_bombings" title="December 2014 Kabul bombings">Kabul school</a></li></ul> <p><b>2015</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Park_Palace_guesthouse_attack" title="2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack">Kabul hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Kabul_Parliament_attack" title="2015 Kabul Parliament attack">Kabul Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Khost_suicide_bombing" title="2015 Khost suicide bombing">Khost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_August_2015_Kabul_attacks" title="7 August 2015 Kabul attacks">Kabul police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_August_2015_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="10 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_August_2015_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="22 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul NATO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghazni_prison_escape" title="Ghazni prison escape">Ghazni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Kandahar_Airport_bombing" title="2015 Kandahar Airport bombing">Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Spanish_Embassy_attack_in_Kabul" title="2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul">Kabul Spanish embassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2015 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram</a></li></ul> <p><b>2016</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2016_Kabul_attack" title="April 2016 Kabul attack">Kabul NDS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz-Takhar_highway_hostage_crisis" title="Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis">Kunduz-Takhar highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_attack_on_Canadian_Embassy_guards" title="Kabul attack on Canadian Embassy guards">Kabul Canadian embassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30_June_2016_Afghanistan_bombings" title="30 June 2016 Afghanistan bombings">Wardak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2016_Kabul_bombing" title="July 2016 Kabul bombing">Kabul Hazara protest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_University_of_Afghanistan_attack" title="American University of Afghanistan attack">Kabul University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2016_Kabul_attacks" title="September 2016 Kabul attacks">Kabul Defense Ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_bombing_of_the_German_consulate_in_Mazar-i-Sharif" title="2016 bombing of the German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif">Mazar-i-Sharif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2016 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram</a></li></ul> <p><b>2017</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2017_Afghanistan_bombings" title="January 2017 Afghanistan bombings">Bombings (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2017_Kabul_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="March 2017 Kabul attack">Kabul hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Camp_Shaheen_attack" title="2017 Camp Shaheen attack">Camp Shaheen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2017_Kabul_bombing" title="May 2017 Kabul bombing">Kabul (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2017_Herat_mosque_bombing" title="June 2017 Herat mosque bombing">Herat (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2017_Lashkargah_bombing" title="June 2017 Lashkargah bombing">June Lashkargah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2017_Herat_mosque_attack" title="August 2017 Herat mosque attack">Herat (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_October_2017_Afghanistan_attacks" title="17 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks">Gardez & Ghazni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_October_2017_Afghanistan_attacks" title="20 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks">Kabul & Ghor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_December_2017_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="28 December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul Shi'ite</a></li></ul> <p><b>2018</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Inter-Continental_Hotel_Kabul_attack" title="2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack">Kabul hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Save_the_Children_Jalalabad_attack" title="Save the Children Jalalabad attack">Jalalabad (Save the Children)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_ambulance_bombing" title="Kabul ambulance bombing">Kabul ambulance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="March 2018 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_April_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul (22 Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30_April_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombings" title="30 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombings">Kabul (30 Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2018_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="July 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2018_Baghlan_Province_attack" title="August 2018 Baghlan Province attack">Baghlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2018_Kabul_attacks" title="September 2018 Kabul attacks">Kabul (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2018_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="September 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad (Sep)</a></li></ul> <p><b>2019</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maidan_Shar_attack" title="Maidan Shar attack">Maidan Shar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Camp_Shorabak_attack" title="2019 Camp Shorabak attack">Camp Shorabak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Kabul_mosque_bombing" title="2019 Kabul mosque bombing">Kabul mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_July_2019_Kabul_attack" title="1 July 2019 Kabul attack">Kabul Defense Ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Ghazni_bombing" title="2019 Ghazni bombing">Ghazni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_July_2019_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="28 July 2019 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2019_Farah_bombing" title="July 2019 Farah bombing">Farah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_August_2019_Kabul_bombing" title="7 August 2019 Kabul bombing">Kabul police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_August_2019_Kabul_bombing" title="17 August 2019 Kabul bombing">Kabul wedding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_and_5_September_2019_Kabul_bombings" title="2 and 5 September 2019 Kabul bombings">Kabul (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_September_2019_Afghanistan_bombings" title="17 September 2019 Afghanistan bombings">Charikar & Kabul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Qalat_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Qalat bombing">Qalat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="2019 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haska_Meyna_mosque_bombing" title="Haska Meyna mosque bombing">Haska Meyna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Bagram_Airfield_attack" title="2019 Bagram Airfield attack">Bagram</a></li></ul> <p><b>2020</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6_March_2020_Kabul_shooting" title="6 March 2020 Kabul shooting">Kabul (6 Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_gurdwara_attack" title="Kabul gurdwara attack">Kabul gurdwara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="June 2020 Afghanistan attacks">June</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="July 2020 Afghanistan attacks">July</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="August 2020 Afghanistan attacks">August</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jalalabad_prison_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Jalalabad prison attack">Jalalabad</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="September 2020 Afghanistan attacks">September</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="October 2020 Afghanistan attacks">October</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="November 2020 Afghanistan attacks">November</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Kabul_University_attack" title="2020 Kabul University attack">Kabul University</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="December 2020 Afghanistan attacks">December</a></li></ul> <p><b>2021</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_2021_Afghanistan_attacks" title="List of 2021 Afghanistan attacks">Jan-Aug</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_school_bombing" title="2021 Kabul school bombing">Kabul school</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Spin_Boldak_shooting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2021 Spin Boldak shooting (page does not exist)">Spin Boldak</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b><u>Massacres</u></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dasht-i-Leili_massacre" title="Dasht-i-Leili massacre">Dasht-i-Leili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Shinwar_shooting" title="2007 Shinwar shooting">Shinwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nangar_Khel_incident" title="Nangar Khel incident">Nangar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_raid_on_Narang" title="Night raid on Narang">Narang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maywand_District_murders" title="Maywand District murders">Maywand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Khataba" title="Raid on Khataba">Khataba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Badakhshan_massacre" title="2010 Badakhshan massacre">Badakhshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandahar_massacre" title="Kandahar massacre">Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forward_Operating_Base_Delhi_massacre" title="Forward Operating Base Delhi massacre">FOB Delhi</a></li></ul> <p><b><u>Other</u></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Video_of_U.S._Marines_urinating_on_Taliban_fighters" title="Video of U.S. Marines urinating on Taliban fighters">U.S. urination incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Afghanistan_Quran_burning_protests" title="2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protests">Quran burning protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgents%27_bodies_incident" title="Insurgents' bodies incident">Insurgents' bodies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S.%E2%80%93Afghanistan_Strategic_Partnership_Agreement" title="U.S.–Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement">U.S.–Afghan agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93Taliban_deal" title="United States–Taliban deal">United States–Taliban deal</a></li> <li>U.S. withdrawal <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Afghanistan_(2011%E2%80%932016)" title="Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2011–2016)">2011–2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_U.S._troop_withdrawal_from_Afghanistan" title="2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan">2020–2021</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_peace_process" title="Afghan peace process">Peace process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_airlift" title="2021 Kabul airlift">2021 Kabul airlift</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack</b> was an attack on the gym of the <a href="/wiki/Kabul_Serena_Hotel" title="Kabul Serena Hotel">Kabul Serena Hotel</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> on January 14, 2008, for which the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> claimed responsibility. </p><p>A Norwegian delegation under <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Norway)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway)">Foreign Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Jonas_Gahr_St%C3%B8re" title="Jonas Gahr Støre">Jonas Gahr Støre</a> was staying at the hotel at the time of the attack. The attack claimed six lives, including <a href="/wiki/Norwegians" title="Norwegians">Norwegian</a> journalist <a href="/wiki/Carsten_Thomassen_(journalist)" title="Carsten Thomassen (journalist)">Carsten Thomassen</a>. Six others were also injured. </p><p>The Kabul Serena Hotel is a <a href="/wiki/Five-star_hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Five-star hotel">five-star hotel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, belonging to <a href="/wiki/Serena_Hotels" title="Serena Hotels">Serena Hotels</a>, designed by the <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>-based Group Arcop Architects and since its reopening in 2005 has been used by international media crews and politicians. The hotel also houses the <a href="/wiki/Australian_embassy" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian embassy">Australian embassy</a> in Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Details">Details</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attack">Attack</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Attack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Perpetrator_Serena_Hotel_2008.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/Perpetrator_Serena_Hotel_2008.PNG/220px-Perpetrator_Serena_Hotel_2008.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/Perpetrator_Serena_Hotel_2008.PNG/330px-Perpetrator_Serena_Hotel_2008.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Perpetrator_Serena_Hotel_2008.PNG 2x" data-file-width="428" data-file-height="232" /></a><figcaption>A perpetrator captured on a <a href="/wiki/Surveillance_camera" class="mw-redirect" title="Surveillance camera">surveillance camera</a> in the lobby of the Serena Hotel in Kabul</figcaption></figure> <p>At 6:30 pm local time, three men disguised in <a href="/wiki/Police_uniform" class="mw-redirect" title="Police uniform">police uniforms</a> created a distraction while a fourth man entered the hotel compound to <a href="/wiki/Detonate" class="mw-redirect" title="Detonate">detonate</a> his <a href="/wiki/Suicide_vest" class="mw-redirect" title="Suicide vest">suicide vest</a>. <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> spokesman <a href="/wiki/Zabihullah_Mujahid" title="Zabihullah Mujahid">Zabihullah Mujahid</a> said that the militants had been armed with <a href="/wiki/AK-47" title="AK-47">AK-47</a> <a href="/wiki/Automatic_rifle" title="Automatic rifle">automatic rifles</a>, hand <a href="/wiki/Grenade" title="Grenade">grenades</a> and explosive jackets.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vg506451_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vg506451-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a car bomb had detonated outside the hotel, the militants began firing around inside the compound.<sup id="cite_ref-na1537704_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-na1537704-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a NATO spokesman, one of the compound guards managed to kill one of the militants before they entered the hotel.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc7187592_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc7187592-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two of the militants threw hand <a href="/wiki/Grenade" title="Grenade">grenades</a> at the guards outside, then entered the hotel complex itself. As they entered the hotel, one of the militants detonated a suicide vest, while at least one other, who was wearing an <a href="/wiki/Afghan_police" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan police">Afghan police</a> uniform, began firing an <a href="/wiki/AK-47" title="AK-47">AK-47</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-na1537999_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-na1537999-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ap2195598_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap2195598-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Serena_Hotel_US_Soldiers_2008.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Serena_Hotel_US_Soldiers_2008.PNG/220px-Serena_Hotel_US_Soldiers_2008.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Serena_Hotel_US_Soldiers_2008.PNG/330px-Serena_Hotel_US_Soldiers_2008.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Serena_Hotel_US_Soldiers_2008.PNG 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="244" /></a><figcaption>U.S. and Afghan soldiers search through the hotel after the attack</figcaption></figure> <p>The Norwegian photographer Stian Solum explained that he was one of those shot at by a man wearing an Afghan police uniform as he left the lift.<sup id="cite_ref-ap2195598_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap2195598-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Norwegian foreign ministry spokeswoman <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anne_Lene_Dale_Sandsten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anne Lene Dale Sandsten (page does not exist)">Anne Lene Dale Sandsten</a> Norwegian officials were in a meeting one level down from the reception when they heard shooting and "a big blast".<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The militants were supposedly planning to target the hotel's exercise and spa facility, which is used by many foreigners.<sup id="cite_ref-db523835_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-db523835-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the attack, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">American</a> and <a href="/wiki/Afghan_Armed_Forces" title="Afghan Armed Forces">Afghan forces</a> appeared at the scene in order to set up a perimeter around the hotel and search for the remaining assailants. <a href="/wiki/Private_military_company" title="Private military company">Private Security Contractors</a> employed by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._State_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. State Department">U.S. State Department</a> Worldwide Personal Protective Services of team Hammer 4 QRF were some of the first responders to arrive on scene. After arriving they began a methodical, room to room clearing of the hotel. They <a href="/wiki/Medical_evacuation" title="Medical evacuation">evacuated</a> over 20 foreign nationals in armored <a href="/wiki/Toyota_Land_Cruiser" title="Toyota Land Cruiser">Land Cruiser</a> and Suburban vehicles. The Norwegian <a href="/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force" title="International Security Assistance Force">ISAF</a> force in Kabul evacuated injured and others from the hotel. The Norwegians used two armoured vehicles, a <a href="/wiki/Sisu_Pasi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sisu Pasi">Sisu XA-186</a> and a patrol car, including a medic and a nurse during the evacuation.<sup id="cite_ref-vg506423_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vg506423-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fatalities">Fatalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fatalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable centre sortable"> <caption>Deaths by nationality </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>Number </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span>Norway </td> <th>1 </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Afghanistan </td> <th>2 </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Philippines </td> <th>1 </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States </td> <th>1 </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <th>5 </th></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Serena_Hotel_Attack_2.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Serena_Hotel_Attack_2.PNG/220px-Serena_Hotel_Attack_2.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Serena_Hotel_Attack_2.PNG/330px-Serena_Hotel_Attack_2.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/Serena_Hotel_Attack_2.PNG 2x" data-file-width="415" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>U.S. military personnel outside the perimeter of Serena Hotel</figcaption></figure> <p>Six people are believed to have been killed and six wounded. Two Norwegians were shot and severely injured in the attack. One of them was <i><a href="/wiki/Dagbladet" title="Dagbladet">Dagbladet</a></i> journalist Carsten Thomassen, who was hit by three rounds and later died from his wounds; the other was a male employee from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs .<sup id="cite_ref-ap2195598_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap2195598-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-db523814_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-db523814-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were transported by Norwegian soldiers to a <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech</a> <a href="/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force" title="International Security Assistance Force">ISAF</a> <a href="/wiki/Field_hospital" title="Field hospital">field hospital</a> in Kabul,<sup id="cite_ref-na1537999_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-na1537999-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where Thomassen died during surgery due to his injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-na1538155_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-na1538155-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two hotel guards were killed in the attack as well as a <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Filipino</a> female employee at the hotel and an <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a> citizen, Thor Hesla,<sup id="cite_ref-ap2196791_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap2196791-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was a long-time political campaigner for <a href="/wiki/David_Wu" title="David Wu">David Wu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bill Bradley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-Wu_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wu-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wheel_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wheel-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WT_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WT-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the attackers was killed by security forces and a second killed in the <a href="/wiki/Explosion" title="Explosion">explosion</a> he caused. A diplomat from the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> was shot in the abdomen and severely injured.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC7188196_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC7188196-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_perpetrators">The perpetrators</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The perpetrators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western</a> medic who arrived at the hotel after the attack said that of the four attackers, one was shot and killed in the lobby, one had detonated himself in the courtyard, one apparently locked himself on the hotel roof by mistake and then detonated his explosive vest, and the fourth had fled the scene and was captured by <a href="/wiki/Security_guard" title="Security guard">security guards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ap2196791_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap2196791-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC7188196_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC7188196-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ap2200048_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap2200048-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_Minister_Jonas_Gahr_Støre"><span id="Foreign_Minister_Jonas_Gahr_St.C3.B8re"></span>Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bodyguard_kabul.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Bodyguard_kabul.jpg/220px-Bodyguard_kabul.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Bodyguard_kabul.jpg/330px-Bodyguard_kabul.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Bodyguard_kabul.jpg 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="258" /></a><figcaption>A Norwegian bodyguard during the attack</figcaption></figure><p> Norwegian Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Jonas_Gahr_St%C3%B8re" title="Jonas Gahr Støre">Jonas Gahr Støre</a> resided at Serena Hotel along with a large delegation from the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Norway)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway)">Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a> at the time of the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-ap2195598_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap2195598-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Everyone attending the meeting located one floor below the lobby were ordered down on the floor by <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Police_Security_Service" title="Norwegian Police Security Service">Norwegian Police Security Service</a> guards. They remained lying while the guards were ready to use their weapons, in case the room itself should be attacked.<sup id="cite_ref-ap2196161_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap2196161-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The delegation was then moved to safety in a bomb shelter in the basement of the hotel.<sup id="cite_ref-ap2195598_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap2195598-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of the attack, Støre had just begun his meeting with the leader of the Afghan Human Rights Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-na1537999_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-na1537999-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Secretary-General" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Secretary-General">United Nations Secretary-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Ban_Ki-moon" title="Ban Ki-moon">Ban Ki-moon</a> later stated that the Norwegian delegation led by Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Jonas_Gahr_St%C3%B8re" title="Jonas Gahr Støre">Jonas Gahr Støre</a> had been the targets for the attack.,<sup id="cite_ref-vg506436_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vg506436-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the Taliban released different statements. One source claimed the Norwegian foreign minister was not the target for the attack,<sup id="cite_ref-na1537704_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-na1537704-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the Norwegian media said that the Taliban wished to attack the Serena Hotel while Støre resided there in order to intimidate on an "international level".<sup id="cite_ref-ap2196791_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap2196791-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vg506494_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vg506494-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to security reasons, Støre cancelled the rest of his visit to Afghanistan the day after the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-vg506423_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vg506423-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_reactions">International reactions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: International reactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Countries">Countries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a></b> – The <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norwegian</a> <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Norway" title="Prime Minister of Norway">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Jens_Stoltenberg" title="Jens Stoltenberg">Jens Stoltenberg</a> condemned the attack on the hotel, saying that: "This is an unacceptable attack against civilians and another strike against the process towards peace and stability in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>. Now we are focusing on giving the injured the needed medical treatment as fast as possible."<br />The Norwegian <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Minister">Foreign Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Jonas_Gahr_St%C3%B8re" title="Jonas Gahr Støre">Jonas Gahr Støre</a> commented the death of <i><a href="/wiki/Dagbladet" title="Dagbladet">Dagbladet</a></i> journalist <a href="/wiki/Carsten_Thomassen_(journalist)" title="Carsten Thomassen (journalist)">Carsten Thomassen</a>, saying: "Carsten was unique among Norwegian journalists. He combined solid journalistic work with integrity and great knowledge. He has followed me on many journeys and he was until the end filled with his actions as a journalist. Those who as with Carsten in <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a> on January 14 is filled with grief and despair. My thoughts goes to his closest relatives and all of his friends and colleagues."<sup id="cite_ref-na1538155_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-na1538155-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a></b> – The <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Danish</a> Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Per_Stig_M%C3%B8ller" title="Per Stig Møller">Per Stig Møller</a> said: "The Danish government condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attack on the Norwegian Foreign Minister and the other innocent people. It is a cowardly attack which emphasizes that the threat from <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> is real and unpredictable. But it is as well a signal about the fact that Taliban is now trying to frighten everyone who want to help Afghanistan away. Taliban's goal is to seize power and reinstate their politics of terror against the outside world. They must and shall not succeed. The Danish commitment stand firm. Let me as well express my deepest sympathies for the victims and their families in and outside Norway, who is our close ally."<sup id="cite_ref-db523830_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-db523830-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a></b> – The <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Icelandic</a> Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Ingibj%C3%B6rg_S%C3%B3lr%C3%BAn_G%C3%ADslad%C3%B3ttir" title="Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir">Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir</a> said: "The attack on the Norwegian Foreign Minister is a particularly horrible event, and this is a sign that Afghanistan is a dangerous country."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Swedish</a> Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Carl_Bildt" title="Carl Bildt">Carl Bildt</a> condemned the attack in Kabul on his blogg, saying: "I feel a great disgust for these attacks which in the end hits innocent people and complicates the international efforts to help the development for a better Afghanistan."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_organizations">International organizations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: International organizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/35px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/45px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="24" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/International_Press_Institute" title="International Press Institute">International Press Institute</a></b> - The International Press Institute strongly condemned the attack and the killing of <i>Dagbladet</i> journalist <a href="/wiki/Carsten_Thomassen_(journalist)" title="Carsten Thomassen (journalist)">Carsten Thomassen</a>. IPI Director David Dadge said: "This attack on innocent civilians is a brutal act of murder. Our deepest sympathies go out to the families and the colleagues of the victims. Thomassen was simply carrying out his job as a reporter, in this case reporting on an embassy meeting."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO"><img alt="NATO" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Flag_of_NATO.svg/20px-Flag_of_NATO.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Flag_of_NATO.svg/31px-Flag_of_NATO.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Flag_of_NATO.svg/40px-Flag_of_NATO.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a></b> – A NATO spokesman at the NATO Headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> said: "Our impression is that the attack was not directed against Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Taliban can claim whatever they want without standing behind what they say. They have no credibility".<sup id="cite_ref-na506494_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-na506494-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan"><img alt="Afghanistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a></b> - The Taliban spokesman Salah Adin al-Ayoupi confirmed that Taliban had carried out the attack on the hotel. The Taliban spokesman <a href="/wiki/Zabihullah_Mujahid" title="Zabihullah Mujahid">Zabihullah Mujahid</a> said that they wished to attack the Serena Hotel while the Norwegian Foreign Minister was residing there. "We decided that we should attack at the right time in order to show these ministers and foreigners that our hand and our might can reach anywhere."<br /> However, the Taliban spokesman Salah Adin al-Ayoupi claimed that Taliban had no knowledge of the foreign minister residing at the hotel at the time of the attack. He claimed that everyone connected to NATO was the target for the attack, as Serena Hotel often housed international delegations.<sup id="cite_ref-na506494_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-na506494-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Secretary-General" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Secretary-General">Secretary-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Ban_Ki-moon" title="Ban Ki-moon">Ban Ki-moon</a> suggested that the deadly attack by Taliban militants on Hotel Serena was targeted on the Norwegian foreign minister and said it highlighted the need for action against extremist violence. "I am very much surprised by this terrorist attack against the foreign minister of Norway. I feel fortunate that he (Støre) was not injured, but that really confirms that we must take necessary measures to address terrorism".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy_in_Norway">Controversy in Norway</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Controversy in Norway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The attack and Thomassen's death in particular triggered controversy in Norway when it became known that the Norwegian <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Ministry">Foreign Ministry</a> had ignored recommendations from the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Police_Security_Service" title="Norwegian Police Security Service">Norwegian Police Security Service</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Intelligence_Service" title="Norwegian Intelligence Service">Norwegian Intelligence Service</a> regarding the security arrangements for Støre's visit.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One particularly controversial decision, which may have contributed to the Taliban's choice of target, was to publish Støre's itinerary, including the name of the hotel where he would be staying, in advance of the trip.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, while it was <a href="/wiki/Standard_operating_procedure" title="Standard operating procedure">standard operating procedure</a> for the Norwegian <a href="/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force" title="International Security Assistance Force">ISAF</a> forces to escort any Norwegian <a href="/wiki/Delegation" title="Delegation">delegation</a> in Afghanistan with a protection detail including a <a href="/wiki/Medevac" class="mw-redirect" title="Medevac">medevac</a> <a href="/wiki/Armoured_personnel_carrier" title="Armoured personnel carrier">APC</a>, the Foreign Ministry had declined such an escort.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequent to the attack, sources within the Norwegian <a href="/wiki/Armed_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed forces">armed forces</a> expressed dismay at the Norwegian Foreign Ministry's lack of proper <a href="/wiki/Contingency_plan" title="Contingency plan">contingency plans</a> for <a href="/wiki/Medical_evacuation" title="Medical evacuation">medical evacuation</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_2008" title="List of terrorist incidents in 2008">List of terrorist incidents in 2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Danish_embassy_bombing_in_Islamabad" title="2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad">2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad</a> - Terrorist attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Park_Palace_guesthouse_attack" title="2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack">2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack</a> - Terrorist attack targeting foreign nationals at Kabul's Park Palace Guest House</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Afghanistan" title="List of massacres in Afghanistan">List of massacres in Afghanistan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 33em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080129124241/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080114/hotel_blast_080114/20080114?hub=CTVNewsAt11">"CTV.ca CTV"</a>. 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class="languageicon">(in Norwegian)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-db523830-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-db523830_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2008/01/14/523830.html">Dagbladet: Et forsøk på å skremme hjelpere bort</a>, published January 14, 2008 <span class="languageicon">(in Norwegian)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.um.dk/da/servicemenu/Nyheder/ForsideNyheder/UdenrigsministerPerStigMoellerUdtalerEfterAngrebetPaaDenNorskeUdenrigsministerIKabul.htm">Udenrigsministeriet: Udenrigsminister Per Stig Møller udtaler efter angrebet på den norske udenrigsminister i Kabul</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged July 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup>, published January 14, 2008 <span class="languageicon">(in Danish)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eyjan.is/blog/2008/01/14/ingibjorg-solrun-skelfileg-ti%c3%b0indi-en-islendingarnir-i-kabul-innan-vakta%c3%b0s-sv%c3%a6%c3%b0is/">Ingibjörg Sólrún: Skelfileg tíðindi - Íslendingar í Kabúl innan vaktaðs svæðis</a>, published January 14, 2008 <span class="languageicon">(in Icelandic)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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casualties in the war in Afghanistan (2011)">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_civilian_casualties_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan_(2012)" title="List of civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan (2012)">2012</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coalition_casualties_in_Afghanistan" title="Coalition casualties in Afghanistan">Coalition</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_in_the_War_in_Afghanistan" title="United States military casualties in the War in Afghanistan">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Forces_casualties_in_Afghanistan_since_2001" title="British Forces casualties in Afghanistan since 2001">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces_casualties_in_Afghanistan" title="Canadian Forces casualties in Afghanistan">Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Armed_Forces_casualties_in_Afghanistan" title="German Armed Forces casualties in Afghanistan">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Defence_Force_casualties_in_Afghanistan" title="List of Australian Defence Force casualties in Afghanistan">Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Norwegian_Armed_Forces_casualties_in_Afghanistan" title="List of Norwegian Armed Forces casualties in Afghanistan">Norwegian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aviation_accidents_and_incidents_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan" title="List of aviation accidents and incidents in the war in Afghanistan">Aviation incidents</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Timeline</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2001_in_Afghanistan" title="2001 in Afghanistan">2001</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Kandahar_(2001)" title="Bombing of Kandahar (2001)">Bombing of Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Mazar-i-Sharif" title="Fall of Mazar-i-Sharif">Fall of Mazar-i-Sharif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kunduz" title="Siege of Kunduz">Siege of Kunduz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_uprising_in_Herat" title="2001 uprising in Herat">Herat uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Kabul_(2001)" title="Fall of Kabul (2001)">Fall of Kabul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarinkot" title="Battle of Tarinkot">Battle of Tarinkot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Kandahar" title="Fall of Kandahar">Fall of Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Qala-i-Jangi" title="Battle of Qala-i-Jangi">Battle of Qala-i-Jangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dasht-i-Leili_massacre" title="Dasht-i-Leili massacre">Dasht-i-Leili massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shawali_Kowt" title="Battle of Shawali Kowt">Battle of Shawali Kowt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sayyd_Alma_Kalay" title="Battle of Sayyd Alma Kalay">Battle of Sayyd Alma Kalay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tora_Bora" title="Battle of Tora Bora">Battle of Tora Bora</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">2002<br />–2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_in_Afghanistan" title="2002 in Afghanistan">2002</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp" title="Guantanamo Bay detention camp">Guantanamo Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruzgan_wedding_bombing" title="Uruzgan wedding bombing">Uruzgan bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Kabul_bombing" title="2002 Kabul bombing">Kabul bombing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_in_Afghanistan" title="2003 in Afghanistan">2003</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_attack_on_the_Embassy_of_Pakistan_in_Kabul" title="2003 attack on the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul">Pakistan Embassy in Kabul attack</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_in_Afghanistan" title="2004 in Afghanistan">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_Afghanistan" title="2005 in Afghanistan">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_Afghanistan" title="2006 in Afghanistan">2006</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Taliban_offensive" title="2006 Taliban offensive">Taliban offensive</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2007_in_Afghanistan" title="2007 in Afghanistan">2007</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Shinwar_shooting" title="2007 Shinwar shooting">Shinwar shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_airstrike" title="Hyderabad airstrike">Hyderabad airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nangar_Khel_incident" title="Nangar Khel incident">Nangar Khel incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Helmand_Province_airstrikes" title="2007 Helmand Province airstrikes">Helmand airstrikes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Baghlan_sugar_factory_bombing" title="2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing">Baghlan bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_South_Korean_hostage_crisis_in_Afghanistan" title="2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan">South Korean hostage crisis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2008_in_Afghanistan" title="2008 in Afghanistan">2008</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haska_Meyna_wedding_party_airstrike" title="Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike">Haska Meyna airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azizabad_airstrike" title="Azizabad airstrike">Azizabad airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wech_Baghtu_wedding_party_airstrike" title="Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike">Wech Bagtu airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_bombing_of_Indian_embassy_in_Kabul" title="2008 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul">Kabul Indian embassy bombing</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kabul S Hotel attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidnapping_of_David_Rohde" title="Kidnapping of David Rohde">Kidnapping of David Rohde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarposa_prison_attack_of_2008" title="Sarposa prison attack of 2008">Sarposa attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Kandahar_bombing" title="2008 Kandahar bombing">Kandahar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spin_Boldak_bombing" title="Spin Boldak bombing">Spin Boldak bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2009_in_Afghanistan" title="2009 in Afghanistan">2009</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Granai_airstrike" title="Granai airstrike">Granai airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Kunduz_airstrike" title="2009 Kunduz airstrike">Kunduz airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_raid_on_Narang" title="Night raid on Narang">Narang raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2009_raids_on_Kabul" title="February 2009 raids on Kabul">February Kabul raids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_bombing_of_Indian_embassy_in_Kabul" title="2009 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul">Kabul Indian embassy bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Kandahar_bombing" title="2009 Kandahar bombing">Kandahar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NATO_Afghanistan_headquarters_bombing" title="2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing">NATO HQ bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Chapman_attack" title="Camp Chapman attack">Camp Chapman attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sabzak" title="Battle of Sabzak">Battle of Sabzak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2010_in_Afghanistan" title="2010 in Afghanistan">2010</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2010_Kabul_attack" title="January 2010 Kabul attack">January Kabul attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Khataba" title="Raid on Khataba">Raid on Khataba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2010_Kabul_attack" title="February 2010 Kabul attack">February Kabul attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruzgan_helicopter_attack" title="Uruzgan helicopter attack">Uruzgan attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Sangin_airstrike" title="2010 Sangin airstrike">Sangin airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maywand_District_murders" title="Maywand District murders">Maywand murders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarok_Kolache" title="Tarok Kolache">Tarok Kolache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadahan_wedding_bombing" title="Nadahan wedding bombing">Nadahan bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2010_Kabul_bombing" title="May 2010 Kabul bombing">May Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Badakhshan_massacre" title="2010 Badakhshan massacre">Badakhshan massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Halmazag" title="Operation Halmazag">Operation Halmazag</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2011_in_Afghanistan" title="2011 in Afghanistan">2011</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mano_Gai_airstrike" title="Mano Gai airstrike">Mano Gai airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarposa_prison_tunneling_escape_of_2011" title="Sarposa prison tunneling escape of 2011">Sarposa prison escape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden" title="Killing of Osama bin Laden">Bin Laden raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Logar_province_bombing" title="2011 Logar province bombing">Logar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Inter-Continental_Hotel_Kabul_attack" title="2011 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack">I-C Hotel Kabul attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Nimruz_province_bombing" title="2011 Nimruz province bombing">Nimruz bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Zabul_province_bombing" title="2011 Zabul province bombing">Zabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Afghanistan_Boeing_Chinook_shootdown" title="2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown">Chinook shootdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Helmand_Province_killing" title="2011 Helmand Province killing">Helmand killing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NATO_attack_in_Pakistan" title="2011 NATO attack in Pakistan">Pakistani border attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Afghanistan_Ashura_bombings" title="2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings">Ashura bombings</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2012_in_Afghanistan" title="2012 in Afghanistan">2012</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_order_of_battle,_2012" title="War in Afghanistan order of battle, 2012">Order of battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_of_U.S._Marines_urinating_on_Taliban_fighters" title="Video of U.S. Marines urinating on Taliban fighters">Urination video</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Kapisa_airstrike" title="2012 Kapisa airstrike">Kapisa airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Afghanistan_Quran_burning_protests" title="2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protests">Quran burning protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2012_Afghanistan_attacks" title="April 2012 Afghanistan attacks">April attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forward_Operating_Base_Delhi_massacre" title="Forward Operating Base Delhi massacre">Forward Operating Base Delhi massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandahar_massacre" title="Kandahar massacre">Kandahar massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2012_raid_on_Camp_Bastion" title="September 2012 raid on Camp Bastion">September Camp Bastion raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shesh_Aba_raid" title="Shesh Aba raid">Shesh Aba raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._soldiers_posing_with_body_parts_of_dead_Afghans" title="U.S. soldiers posing with body parts of dead Afghans">Body pictures</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2013_in_Afghanistan" title="2013 in Afghanistan">2013</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Farah_attack" title="2013 Farah attack">Farah attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11_June_2013_Kabul_bombing" title="11 June 2013 Kabul bombing">June Kabul bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Afghan_presidential_palace_attack" title="2013 Afghan presidential palace attack">Presidential palace attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_attack_on_U.S._consulate_in_Herat" title="2013 attack on U.S. consulate in Herat">Herat U.S. consulate attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_bombing_of_Indian_consulate_in_Jalalabad" title="2013 bombing of Indian consulate in Jalalabad">Jalalabad Indian consulate bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Afghanistan" title="2014 in Afghanistan">2014</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack">Kabul S Hotel attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_attack_on_Indian_consulate_in_Herat" title="2014 attack on Indian consulate in Herat">Herat Indian consulate attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2014 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Paktika_car_bombing" title="2014 Paktika car bombing">Paktika bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Yahyakhel_suicide_bombing" title="2014 Yahyakhel suicide bombing">Yahyakhel bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2014_Kabul_bombings" title="December 2014 Kabul bombings">December Kabul bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atiqullah_Raufi" title="Atiqullah Raufi">Atiqullah Raufi assassination</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2015_in_Afghanistan" title="2015 in Afghanistan">2015</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Park_Palace_guesthouse_attack" title="2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack">Park Palace attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Kabul_Parliament_attack" title="2015 Kabul Parliament attack">Kabul Parliament attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Khost_suicide_bombing" title="2015 Khost suicide bombing">Khost bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing">April Jalalabad bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_August_2015_Kabul_attacks" title="7 August 2015 Kabul attacks">7 August Kabul attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_August_2015_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="10 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing">10 August Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_August_2015_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="22 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing">22 August Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghazni_prison_escape" title="Ghazni prison escape">Ghazni prison escape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunduz_(2015)" title="Battle of Kunduz (2015)">Battle of Kunduz</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz_hospital_airstrike" title="Kunduz hospital airstrike">Hospital airstrike</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Kandahar_Airport_bombing" title="2015 Kandahar Airport bombing">Kandahar Airport bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Spanish_Embassy_attack_in_Kabul" title="2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul">Kabul Spanish Embassy attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2015 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Afghanistan" title="2016 in Afghanistan">2016</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nangarhar_offensive_(2016)" title="Nangarhar offensive (2016)">Nangarhar offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Omari" title="Operation Omari">Operation Omari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2016_Kabul_attack" title="April 2016 Kabul attack">April Kabul attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz-Takhar_highway_hostage_crisis" title="Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis">Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_attack_on_Canadian_Embassy_guards" title="Kabul attack on Canadian Embassy guards">Kabul Canadian Embassy convoy bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30_June_2016_Afghanistan_bombings" title="30 June 2016 Afghanistan bombings">30 June bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2016_Kabul_bombing" title="July 2016 Kabul bombing">July Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janikhel_offensive" title="Janikhel offensive">Janikhel offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_University_of_Afghanistan_attack" title="American University of Afghanistan attack">AUoA attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2016_Kabul_attacks" title="September 2016 Kabul attacks">September Kabul attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarinkot_(2016)" title="Battle of Tarinkot (2016)">Battle of Tarinkot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunduz_(2016)" title="Battle of Kunduz (2016)">Battle of Kunduz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Boz_Qandahari" title="Battle of Boz Qandahari">Battle of Boz Qandahari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_bombing_of_the_German_consulate_in_Mazar-i-Sharif" title="2016 bombing of the German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif">Mazar-i-Sharif German consulate bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Bagram_Airfield_bombing" title="2016 Bagram Airfield bombing">Bagram bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2017_in_Afghanistan" title="2017 in Afghanistan">2017</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2017_Afghanistan_bombings" title="January 2017 Afghanistan bombings">January bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Sangin_airstrike" title="2017 Sangin airstrike">Sangin airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2017_Kabul_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="March 2017 Kabul attack">March Kabul attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Nangarhar_airstrike" title="2017 Nangarhar airstrike">Nangarhar airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Camp_Shaheen_attack" title="2017 Camp Shaheen attack">Camp Shaheen attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2017_Kabul_bombing" title="May 2017 Kabul bombing">May Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2017_Herat_mosque_bombing" title="June 2017 Herat mosque bombing">June Herat bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tora_Bora_(2017)" title="Battle of Tora Bora (2017)">Battle of Bora Bora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2017_Lashkargah_bombing" title="June 2017 Lashkargah bombing">June Lashkargar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2017_Herat_mosque_attack" title="August 2017 Herat mosque attack">August Herat attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_October_2017_Afghanistan_attacks" title="17 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks">17 October attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_October_2017_Afghanistan_attacks" title="20 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks">20 October attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_December_2017_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="28 December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing">28 December Kabul bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Afghanistan" title="2018 in Afghanistan">2018</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Inter-Continental_Hotel_Kabul_attack" title="2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack">I-C Hotel Kabul attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Save_the_Children_Jalalabad_attack" title="Save the Children Jalalabad attack">STC Jalalabad attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_ambulance_bombing" title="Kabul ambulance bombing">Kabul ambulance bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="March 2018 Kabul suicide bombing">March Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunduz_madrassa_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Kunduz madrassa attack">Kunduz madrassa attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_April_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing">22 April Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30_April_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombings" title="30 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombings">30 April Kabul bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Farah" title="Battle of Farah">Battle of Farah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2018_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="July 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing">July Jalalabad bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Darzab_(2018)" title="Battle of Darzab (2018)">Battle of Darzab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghazni_offensive" title="Ghazni offensive">Ghazni offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2018_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="September 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing">September Jalalabad bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2019_in_Afghanistan" title="2019 in Afghanistan">2019</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maidan_Shar_attack" title="Maidan Shar attack">Maidan Shar attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Camp_Shorabak_attack" title="2019 Camp Shorabak attack">Camp Shorabak attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Kabul_mosque_bombing" title="2019 Kabul mosque bombing">2019 Kabul mosque bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_July_2019_Kabul_attack" title="1 July 2019 Kabul attack">1 July Kabul attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Ghazni_bombing" title="2019 Ghazni bombing">Ghazni bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_July_2019_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="28 July 2019 Kabul suicide bombing">28 July Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2019_Farah_bombing" title="July 2019 Farah bombing">July Farah bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_August_2019_Kabul_bombing" title="7 August 2019 Kabul bombing">7 August Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_August_2019_Kabul_bombing" title="17 August 2019 Kabul bombing">17 August Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_and_5_September_2019_Kabul_bombings" title="2 and 5 September 2019 Kabul bombings">2 & 5 September Kabul bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_September_2019_Afghanistan_bombings" title="17 September 2019 Afghanistan bombings">17 September bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Qalat_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Qalat bombing">Qalat bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="2019 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad suicide bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haska_Meyna_mosque_bombing" title="Haska Meyna mosque bombing">Haska Meyna mosque bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Bagram_Airfield_attack" title="2019 Bagram Airfield attack">Bagram attack</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2020_in_Afghanistan" title="2020 in Afghanistan">2020</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6_March_2020_Kabul_shooting" title="6 March 2020 Kabul shooting">6 March Kabul shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_gurdwara_attack" title="Kabul gurdwara attack">Kabul gurdwara attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">May attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="June 2020 Afghanistan attacks">June attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="July 2020 Afghanistan attacks">July attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="August 2020 Afghanistan attacks">August attacks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jalalabad_prison_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Jalalabad prison attack">Jalalabad prison</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="September 2020 Afghanistan attacks">September attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="October 2020 Afghanistan attacks">October attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="November 2020 Afghanistan attacks">November attacks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Kabul_University_attack" title="2020 Kabul University attack">Kabul University attack</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="December 2020 Afghanistan attacks">December attacks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/2021_in_Afghanistan" title="2021 in Afghanistan">2021</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_2021_Afghanistan_attacks" title="List of 2021 Afghanistan attacks">Attacks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Taliban_offensive" title="2021 Taliban offensive">Taliban offensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_school_bombing" title="2021 Kabul school bombing">Kabul school bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kandahar_(2021)" title="Battle of Kandahar (2021)">Battle of Kandahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Herat" title="Fall of Herat">Fall of Herat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lashkargah" title="Battle of Lashkargah">Battle of Lashkargah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Zaranj" title="Capture of Zaranj">Capture of Zaranj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Kabul_(2021)" title="Fall of Kabul (2021)">Fall of Kabul</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kunduz_mosque_bombing" title="2021 Kunduz mosque bombing">Kunduz mosque bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kandahar_bombing" title="2021 Kandahar bombing">Kandahar bombing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_airlift" title="2021 Kabul airlift">2021 Kabul airlift</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Allies_Refuge" title="Operation Allies Refuge">Operation Allies Refuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pitting" title="Operation Pitting">Operation Pitting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Devi_Shakti" title="Operation Devi Shakti">Operation Devi Shakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_airport_attack" title="2021 Kabul airport attack">Kabul airport attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2021_Kabul_drone_strike" title="August 2021 Kabul drone strike">August 29 drone strike</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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href="/wiki/Uprising_for_Change_(Afghanistan)" title="Uprising for Change (Afghanistan)">Uprising for Change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Peace_Movement_(Afghanistan)" title="People's Peace Movement (Afghanistan)">People's Peace Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%932022_Afghan_protests" title="2021–2022 Afghan protests">2021–2022 Afghan protests</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Reactions_and_aftermath_to_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reactions and aftermath to the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">Reactions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_War_documents_leak" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan War documents leak">Afghan War documents leak</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Leader of Afghanistan">Deputy leaders</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Rabbani" title="Mohammad Rabbani">Mohammad Rabbani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Ghani_Baradar" title="Abdul Ghani Baradar">Abdul Ghani Baradar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirajuddin_Haqqani" title="Sirajuddin Haqqani">Sirajuddin Haqqani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obaidullah_Akhund" title="Obaidullah Akhund">Obaidullah Akhund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullah_Yaqoob" title="Mullah Yaqoob">Mullah Yaqoob</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Kabir" title="Abdul Kabir">Abdul Kabir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tayyab_Agha" title="Tayyab Agha">Tayyab Agha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahabuddin_Delawar" title="Shahabuddin Delawar">Shahabuddin Delawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Hakim_Haqqani" title="Abdul Hakim Haqqani">Abdul Hakim Haqqani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasan_Akhund" title="Hasan Akhund">Hasan Akhund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amir_Khan_Muttaqi" title="Amir Khan Muttaqi">Amir Khan Muttaqi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_trips_made_by_Amir_Khan_Muttaqi_as_Acting_Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_Afghanistan" title="List of international trips made by Amir Khan Muttaqi as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan">trips</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakil_Ahmed_Muttawakil" title="Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil">Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qari_Ahmadullah" title="Qari Ahmadullah">Qari Ahmadullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sher_Mohammad_Abbas_Stanikzai" title="Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai">Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalil_Haqqani" title="Khalil Haqqani">Khalil Haqqani</a></li> <li>Commanders <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dadullah" title="Dadullah">Dadullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahzada_(Taliban_commander)" title="Shahzada (Taliban commander)">Shahzada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Qayyum_Zakir" title="Abdul Qayyum Zakir">Abdul Qayyum Zakir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zain-Ul-Abideen" title="Zain-Ul-Abideen">Zain-Ul-Abideen</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Islamic_Emirate_of_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Taliban" title="History of the Taliban">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Afghanistan#Islamic_Emirate_(2021–present)" title="Cabinet of Afghanistan">Cabinet (2021–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_for_the_Propagation_of_Virtue_and_the_Prevention_of_Vice_(Afghanistan)" title="Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Afghanistan)">Religious police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taliban_propaganda" 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