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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

A suicide bomber kills three people when he drives a military vehicle packed with explosives near the provincial governor's residence in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Taliban claims responsibility.
2020-07-8

32 Afghan border security troops are killed by a Taliban attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
2019-02-16

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

At least 16 people are killed and 38 wounded in Kandahar, Afghanistan, by the accidental detonation of a container of explosives while security forces were attempting to dispose of it.
2018-05-22

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

Gunmen attack the compound of the Governor of Afghanistan's Kandahar Province and other facilities in the city of Kandahar with two dead and 29 injured.
2011-05-7

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