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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

The Taliban holds a military parade in the Afghanistan city of Kandahar showing equipment used by the U.S. military. A Black Hawk helicopter is also shown at the parade.
2021-09-1

Twelve people are killed and over 80 injured by two car bombs at a gate outside police headquarters in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
2019-07-18

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

Three Taliban insurgents are killed by a team of Afghan police and private commandos after attacking a former National Directorate of Security headquarters in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Taliban claims they killed four commandos and five policemen, which police deny.
2014-03-12

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

Kandahar massacre: The United States pays the Afghanistan government $50,000 for every person murdered during the Kandahar massacre.
2012-03-25

Three people are killed in attacks on the offices of the International Relief and Development (IRD) in the Afghan city of Kandahar.
2011-10-31

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

An explosion rocks Taliban birthplace Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, wounding eight people.
2010-09-30