2021 Puli Alam bombing
On 30 April 2021, a car bombing in Puli Alam, Logar Province, Afghanistan killed at least 30 people.[1][2]
Background
Jihadists, most of whom are Taliban members, have carried out hundreds of fatal attacks during their insurgency in Afghanistan, which began in 2001. They include a car bombing in Puli Alam, a city in eastern Afghanistan's Logar Province, which killed 17 people.
Violence in Afghanistan escalated during spring 2021, after President of the United States Joe Biden announced that the US will withdraw its armed forces by 11 September 2021, after 20 years of continuous presence in the South Asian country.[1][2] Previous US President Donald Trump had agreed with the Taliban that US forces would withdraw on 1 May 2021.[1][2]
Bombing
During the evening of 30 April 2021, a car bomb detonated near a guesthouse in Puli Alam.[1][2] At least 30 people were killed and about 90 others wounded.[1][2] The victims include high school students and pro-government militia members who had been staying at the house.[1][2]
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