CHRONOLOGY-Bombing attacks in Afghanistan
Feb 18 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber targeting a foreign military convoy in Afghanistan killed 37 civilians in an attack near the Pakistan border on Monday, the interior ministry said.
Some 11,000 people have been killed in Afghanistan in the last 18 months.
Here is a chronology of major bomb attacks mounted by suspected Taliban or allied militants in Afghanistan since 2002:
Sept. 5, 2002 - A car bomb explodes near Kabul's Information Ministry killing at least 26 and injuring 150 in the worst bombing since the Western-supported government came to power.
June 13, 2005 - A suicide bomber wearing a police uniform kills 20 people, including a police chief, in an attack on a mosque in the southern city of Kandahar, as mourners gathered to pay respects to an assassinated anti-Taliban cleric.
Jan. 17, 2006 - Taliban suicide bombers kill at least 20 people in the town of Spin Boldak, bordering Pakistan.
Aug. 3, 2006 - A suicide car bomb attack aimed at a convoy of NATO troops in Kandahar kills at least 21 people.
June 17, 2007 - A Taliban suicide bomber blows up a police bus in Kabul killing 24 and wounding dozens.
Sept. 29, 2007 - A suicide bomb attack on an army bus kills 28 Afghan troops and two civilians in Kabul.
Nov. 6, 2007 - More than 70 people, including at least five Afghan lawmakers and many school children, die in a suicide raid and suspected gunfire by police in the northern town of Baghlan. The Taliban insurgents said they were not behind it.
Feb. 17, 2008 - A suicide bomber kills more than 100 people in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar. The Taliban distanced themselves from this attack.
Feb. 18, 2008 - A suicide bomber targeting a foreign military convoy kills 37 civilians in an attack near the Pakistan border.
Source: Reuters; (Writing by Nagesh Narayana)
Some 11,000 people have been killed in Afghanistan in the last 18 months.
Here is a chronology of major bomb attacks mounted by suspected Taliban or allied militants in Afghanistan since 2002:
Sept. 5, 2002 - A car bomb explodes near Kabul's Information Ministry killing at least 26 and injuring 150 in the worst bombing since the Western-supported government came to power.
June 13, 2005 - A suicide bomber wearing a police uniform kills 20 people, including a police chief, in an attack on a mosque in the southern city of Kandahar, as mourners gathered to pay respects to an assassinated anti-Taliban cleric.
Jan. 17, 2006 - Taliban suicide bombers kill at least 20 people in the town of Spin Boldak, bordering Pakistan.
Aug. 3, 2006 - A suicide car bomb attack aimed at a convoy of NATO troops in Kandahar kills at least 21 people.
June 17, 2007 - A Taliban suicide bomber blows up a police bus in Kabul killing 24 and wounding dozens.
Sept. 29, 2007 - A suicide bomb attack on an army bus kills 28 Afghan troops and two civilians in Kabul.
Nov. 6, 2007 - More than 70 people, including at least five Afghan lawmakers and many school children, die in a suicide raid and suspected gunfire by police in the northern town of Baghlan. The Taliban insurgents said they were not behind it.
Feb. 17, 2008 - A suicide bomber kills more than 100 people in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar. The Taliban distanced themselves from this attack.
Feb. 18, 2008 - A suicide bomber targeting a foreign military convoy kills 37 civilians in an attack near the Pakistan border.
Source: Reuters; (Writing by Nagesh Narayana)
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