What the records say
- When
- 21 Jan 2019
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Killed
- 129
- Coordinates
- 34.40° N, 68.87° E
- Wounded
- 70
Maidan Shar attack
2019 terrorist attack in Afghanistan
On 21 January 2019, in central Afghanistan, the Taliban attacked a military compound in Maidan Shar, killing officers of the Afghan National Directorate of Security. The Taliban attacked while engaging in the process of negotiating a truce with the United States. The attack began when an explosives-laden car rammed through a military checkpoint and onto the grounds of the compound, where the vehicle detonated.
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- Wikidata: terrorist attacks outside GTD’s yearsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un attentat des Talibans contre l'armée afghane fait environ cent morts”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “مقتل العشرات من قوات الأمن الوطنية الأفغانية في هجوم تبنَّته حركة طالبان، على مُجمَّعٍ عسكريٍّ في مدينة ميدان شهر”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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