2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul

Attack at the Spanish Embassy 2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul the Taliban insurgency Afghanistan Kabul 250 34.5299494 69.188 Kabul in Afghanistan Shir Pur, Kabul, Afghanistan 2015 12 11 y Suicide bombing, Raid 9 (including 3 perpetrators) 7 Taliban On 11 December 2015, Taliban militants detonated a car bomb and stormed a guesthouse near the Spanish embassy in the Shirpour district of Kabul, Afghanistanhome to many foreign embassies and high-ranking government officials. Nine people died in the attack, including four Afghans, two Spanish military policemen and three Taliban fighters. Security forces, including Norwegian special forces,http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/afghanistan/norsk-soldat-skadet-i-afghanistan/a/23578487/ Norsk soldat skadet i Afghanistan 12 December 2015 took more than ten hours to bring the area back under control.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35075184 Spanish embassy attack in Kabul: Special forces at scene 11 December 2015 BBC 11 December 2015https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/taliban-attack-spanish-embassy-afghanistan-kills-35728950 Spain: Gunmen Entered Embassy in Kabul After Car Bomb Attack 11 December 2015 ABC News 11 December 2015http://www.thelocal.es/20151211/spanish-embassy-in-kabul-under-attack Two Spanish policeman killed in Taliban attack near Kabul embassy 11 December 2015 The Local 11 December 2015https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-blast-idUSKBN0TV03N20151212 Afghan forces end siege at Spanish embassy in Kabul 11 December 2015 Reuters 11 December 2015 The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/12/11/taliban-claims-car-bomb-attack-near-spanish-embassy-in-kabul.html Taliban claims car bomb attack near Spanish Embassy in Kabul 11 December 2015 Aljazeera America 11 December 2015http://www.businessinsider.com/report-spains-embassy-in-afghanistan-is-under-attack-2015-12 Spain's embassy in Afghanistan is under attack 11 December 2015 Business Insider 11 December 2015 In October 2016, a member of the Norwegian Marinejegerkommandoen was awarded a medal for saving lives of Spanish diplomats during the incident. The soldier was shot three times during the incident. The medal was handed out at the Spanish embassy in Oslo, Norway by the Spanish ambassador to Norway.http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/forsvaret/norsk-marinejeger-skutt-tre-ganger-reddet-livet-til-spanske-diplomater-hedres-med-medalje/a/23820822/ Norsk marinejeger skutt tre ganger, reddet livet til spanske diplomater - hedres med medalje 14 October 2016 See also War in Afghanistan (2001–present) List of terrorist incidents, 2015 List of terrorist attacks in Kabul References Category:2015 murders in Afghanistan Category:Attacks on diplomatic missions in Afghanistan Kabul Category:2010s crimes in Kabul Category:Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan in 2015 Category:Taliban bombings in Kabul Category:Suicide bombings in Kabul Category:2015 massacres in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Category:Mass murders in Kabul Category:2015 mass murders Category:2015 in Kabul Category:December 2015 crimes in Asia Category:December 2015 in Afghanistan Category:Afghanistan–Spain relations Category:Building bombings in Kabul Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2015 Category:Suicide bombings in 2015 Category:Car and truck bombings in 2015 Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Afghanistan