7 August 2015 Kabul attacks

A series of bombings in central Kabul on 7 August 2015 caused approximately 50 deaths and several hundred injuries. The attacks were ascribed to the Taliban and were the first major attacks mounted by that group since the death of their chief Mullah Omar. The first explosion was a truck bomb, occurring at 1:17 am local time near an Afghan army base in the impoverished district of (District 8), killing at least 15 and injuring more than 240, mostly civilians.

7 August 2015 Kabul attacks

A series of bombings in central Kabul on 7 August 2015 caused approximately 50 deaths and several hundred injuries. The attacks were ascribed to the Taliban and were the first major attacks mounted by that group since the death of their chief Mullah Omar. The first explosion was a truck bomb, occurring at 1:17 am local time near an Afghan army base in the impoverished district of (District 8), killing at least 15 and injuring more than 240, mostly civilians.