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Three suicide bombers attack a Shiite mosque in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing 47 people and injuring 70 others. The explosions occur at the main door and inside the mosque. Taliban authorities later arrived and secured the mosque. Taliban interior ministry spokesman Qari Saeed Khosti says that authorities are currently collecting evidence in order to determine responsibility for the bombing.
2021-10-15

Afghan general and Kandahar police chief Abdul Raziq Achakzai is assassinated by one of his bodyguards during a high-level meeting inside the governor's compound with U.S. general Austin S. Miller. Gen. Miller escaped unharmed according to officials while the governor was critically injured. The Taliban claims responsibility.
2018-10-18

Four policemen are killed and another seven wounded when one of their colleagues opened fire on them in Kandahar, Afghanistan. [http:--www.appeal-democrat.com-news-regional_news-asia-afghan-policeman-opens-fire-on-colleagues-kills-article_db4dc4ab-4b19-58f2-8cc6-3e6b24bc22b2.html (Appeal Democrat)]date=July 2019
2016-02-11

A bomb explodes at a market in the Afghan city of Kandahar, killing at least four people.
2013-08-5

A United States helicopter crashes near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, killing one coalition service member and injuring another.
2013-03-16

A US soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.
2012-03-11

Rocket fire and gunshots are reported in the Afghan city of Kandahar.
2011-10-8

A suicide bombing at a mosque in Kandahar, Afghanistan, kills four people and injures 11 including the head of the provincial religious council while they were praying for Ahmed Wali Karzai.
2011-07-14

An attack on police headquarters in Kandahar, Afghanistan, kills 16 officers and 3 civilians, and injures 53 others.
2011-02-12

Deputy Mayor of Kandahar Azizollah Yarmal, Afghanistan is shot dead while praying at a mosque.
2010-04-20