2015 in Afghanistan
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The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Afghanistan.
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Events[edit]
January[edit]
- January 5 – A suicide car bomber hits the HQ of EUPOL Afghanistan in Kabul killing 1 person and injuring 5. The Taliban have claimed responsibility.[1]
- January 15 – Afghan security officials arrest five men in Kabul in relation to their suspected involvement in the 2014 Peshawar school massacre in Pakistan.[2]
- January 29 – Taliban insurgency
- Taliban attacks across Afghanistan kill 17 people.[3]
- Three American contractors are killed at Hamid Karzai International Airport.[4]
February[edit]
- February 25 – At least 187 people are killed in avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan [5]
- February 26 – A Taliban suicide bomb attack on a Turkish government vehicle in Kabul kills at least one person.[6]
March[edit]
- March 24 - During a visit to the US by Ghani and Abdullah, the US President announced that the US forces will remain at a level of about 9800 troops through 2015 and will not be drawn down to 5000 as had been originally planned.
- March 25 – The Afghan National Army kills twenty-nine insurgents and injures twenty-one others in a series of operations in Daikundi, Ghazni, and Parwan provinces.[7]
April[edit]
- April 18 - A major suicide bomb attack in Jalalabad killed more than 30 people and injured over 100 persons. A spokesman for the ISIL said it carried out the attack.[8]
May[edit]
- Late May - Secret talks were held in the Chinese city of Urumqi between Afghanistan's peace envoy and representatives of the Taliban.[9] The meeting was reportedly facilitated by Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI.[10]
June[edit]
- 2015 Kabul Parliament attack - the Taliban use a car bomb and assault rifles and RPGs to attack the parliament, killing a woman and injuring 30 civilians.
July[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Suicide Bomber Hits European Police in Kabul; 1 Dead". 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Five men arrested in Afghanistan over involvement in Pakistan school massacre". 15 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Suicide bomb at Afghan funeral for Taliban victims kills 16". 29 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "Three U.S. Contractors Said Killed in Kabul Airport Shooting". 29 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "Afghans in frantic search for avalanche survivors".
- ^ "Kabul bomb hits Turkish embassy car".
- ^ "29 Insurgents Killed In Military Operations". Tolonews. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ First wave of IS attacks? Claim and denial over the Jalalabad bombs - Kate Clark and Borhan Osman, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 22 April 2015
- ^ Taliban and Afghan Peace Officials Have Secret Talks in China - NY Times, By EDWARD WONG and MUJIB MASHALMAY 25, 2015
- ^ Afghan Peace Envoy Met Taliban in Secret China Talks - Wall Street Journal, 24 May 2015
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