On June 30, 2016, at least 40 people were killed and 50 people were wounded after two
Taliban suicide bombers attacked police cadets returning from a graduation ceremony west of the capital city,
Kabul. The attacks followed the
Kabul attack on Canadian Embassy Guards
On June 20, 2016, at around 0600 AFT, a suicide bombing attack claimed to be conducted by the Taliban or the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (IS-KP) hit a convoy of Canadian embassy security guards en route to the embassy in Kabul. The att ...
and occurred during the
Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis
On May 31, 2016, Taliban insurgents posing as government officials kidnapped around 220 civilians at a fake checkpoint along the Kunduz-Takhar highway near Arzaq Angor Bagh in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, on the outskirts of the city of Kundu ...
. The attacks all occurred during the holy month of
Ramadan
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, longtype = Religious
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, caption=From top, left to right: A crescent moon over Sarıçam, Turkey, marking the beginning of the Islamic month of Ramadan. Ramadan Quran reading in Bandar Torkaman, Iran. ...
.
Events
Outside the capital, two suicide bombers approached a police convoy carrying police cadets who had recently graduated at a ceremony on the city's western outskirts. After the first bomber attacked the bus, rescuers began to arrive. The second assailant then drove a suicide car bomb into the area where the first incident occurred, which was surrounded by emergency vehicles. Two people who were not police cadets then died, said Governor
Musa Khan Musa Khan may refer to:
* Musa Khan (general) (1908–1991), commander in chief of Pakistan's army
* Musa Khan Ahmadzai (born 1956), governor of Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
* Musa Khan of Bengal, ruler of Bengal from 1599 to 1611
* Muhammad Musa ...
. The bombers specifically targeted Afghan policemen during the attack, another in a string of attacks on government workers.
President
Ashraf Ghani called the bombings a "
crime against humanity". He was angry about the killing of innocent citizens of his nation, especially during a holy month which many of them celebrate.
See also
*
List of Islamist terrorist attacks
*
List of terrorist incidents, January–June 2016
This is a list of terrorist incidents which took place in 2016, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included in these lists. List of ongoing milit ...
*
Kabul attack on Canadian Embassy Guards
On June 20, 2016, at around 0600 AFT, a suicide bombing attack claimed to be conducted by the Taliban or the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (IS-KP) hit a convoy of Canadian embassy security guards en route to the embassy in Kabul. The att ...
*
Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis
On May 31, 2016, Taliban insurgents posing as government officials kidnapped around 220 civilians at a fake checkpoint along the Kunduz-Takhar highway near Arzaq Angor Bagh in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, on the outskirts of the city of Kundu ...
*
July 2016 Kabul bombing
On 23 July 2016, a twin bombing occurred in the vicinity of Deh Mazang square in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, when Enlightenment Movement protesters, mostly from the Hazara ethnic group , were marching against a decision to bypass their reg ...
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