2015 Kabul Parliament attack

2015 Taliban attack on the National Assembly building in Kabul, Afghanistan Kabul Parliament attack the 2015 War in Afghanistan Afghanistan 250 34.5553 69.2075 Kabul Kabul, Afghanistan National Assembly June 22, 2015 Car bombing, mass shooting 9 total 2 civilian 7 Taliban 40 (civilian) Taliban AK-47 assault riflesRPG launchers Attack targeting new defense minister Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai The 2015 Kabul Parliament attack occurred on June 22, 2015, when members of the Taliban detonated a car bomb outside the National Assembly in Kabul then attacked the building with assault rifles and RPGs.https://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/22/asia/afghanistan-kabul-parliament-attack/ Taliban attempt attack on Afghan Parliament in Kabul - CNN.com Masoud Popalzai and Jethro Mullen 22 June 2015 CNN 22 June 2015https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-blast-idUSKBN0P20FM20150622 Taliban launch brazen attack on Afghan parliament, seize second district in north Reuters 22 June 2015 22 June 2015 Two civilians and seven Taliban died in the attack. Background In 2014, the US and NATO powers withdrew most of their combat troops, leaving 13,000 troops in the Resolute Support Mission to continue serving in an advisory and counter-terror capacity. From 2015 onwards, the ongoing war against the Taliban insurgency has been fought primarily by the Afghan security forces. ISIL, which has taken territory in Iraq, has declared their support for the Taliban, carrying out a suicide bomb attack in Jalalabad in April that killed more than 30 people and injured 100 others.First wave of IS attacks? Claim and denial over the Jalalabad bombs - Kate Clark and Borhan Osman, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 22 April 2015 The attack came amid intensifying Taliban attacks around the Northern city of Kunduz, as part of a major offensive in an attempt to capture the city.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33215948 Afghans counter Taliban offensive in northern Kunduz province BBC News 21 June 2015 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/22/world/asia/taliban-and-afghan-government-dispute-status-of-kunduz.html?_r=0 Taliban and Afghan Government Dispute Status of Kunduz New York Times 21 June 2015http://www.smh.com.au/world/afghanistan-taliban-advance-on-key-northern-city-20150621-ghtu5f.html Afghanistan: Taliban advance on key northern city The Sydney Morning Herald 21 June 2015 Tens of thousands of inhabitants have been displaced internally in Afghanistan by the fighting. The Kunduz province has been a region of heavy fighting from 2009 onwards. The attack A Taliban fighter driving a car loaded with explosives managed to get through security checkpoints before detonating the vehicle outside the parliament's gates. Six Taliban insurgents with AK-47 rifles and RPGs took up positions in a construction site nearby.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-22/taliban-suicide-bomber-gunmen-attack-afghanistan-parliament/6564588 Afghanistan explosion: Taliban suicide bomber, gunmen attack parliament building in Kabul killing two, wounding at least 30 ABC News 23 June 2015 Members of Parliament were evacuated to safety, while security forces battled the insurgents in a two-hour gun battle. Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said all seven attackers were killed by police and no MPs were wounded.http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b7decd5403fa4789ae980e242fe861ac/afghan-official-taliban-capture-another-northern-district Taliban suicide bomber, gunmen attack Afghan parliament RAHIM FAIEZ AMIR SHAH The Big Story 22 June 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150622132707/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b7decd5403fa4789ae980e242fe861ac/afghan-official-taliban-capture-another-northern-district 22 June 2015 Casualties and responsibility The UN mission in Afghanistan says a woman and a child were killed in the attack, and 40 civilians were injured.https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/jun/22/afghanistan-parliament-attack-live-updates Afghanistan parliament attacked by Taliban suicide bomber and gunmen – rolling updates Matthew Weaver the Guardian 22 June 2015 22 June 2015 Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that it was timed to coincide with a parliamentary speech of the new defense minister Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai. Lt. Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahimi, Kabul's Chief of Police, says that the police will investigate how the attackers got so close to parliament. See also 2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack February 2010 Kabul attack War in Afghanistan (2015–2021) Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan (2011–2016) List of terrorist incidents, 2015 List of terrorist attacks in Kabul References 24em Afghanistan Category:2015 murders in Afghanistan Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Afghanistan Parliament attack Category:Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan in 2015 Category:2015 in Kabul Kabul Parliament attack Kabul Parliament attack Kabul Parliament attack Kabul Parliament attack Category:Attacks on government buildings and structures in Afghanistan Category:Building bombings in Kabul Category:Mass shootings in Kabul Category:2015 building bombings Category:2015 mass shootings in Asia Category:June 2015 crimes in Asia Category:2010s crimes in Kabul