A week of bloodshed: Deadly attacks in Afghanistan between October 17-23

The past week has been one of the bloodiest in war-weary Afghanistan in recent memory

Afghan police who were injured in a suicide bomb attack that targeted a police training centre receive medical treatment at a hospital in Paktia on October 17, 2017. Ahmadullah Ahmadi / EPA

Monday October 23

An Afghan official said four policemen were killed in a Taliban attack on a security post in the southeastern province of Ghazni

Saturday October 21

A suicide bomber killed 15 army trainees and wounded four others as they travelled home on a bus from their base in Kabul, the Afghan capital. The Taliban claimed the attack.

Friday October 20

A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Shiite Imam Zaman mosque during evening prayers in Kabul, killing 56 people and wounding 55 others. ISIL claimed the attack.

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Separately, another suicide bombing killed at least 33 people at a mosque in the central province of Ghor on Friday. That attack appeared to target a local leader from the Jamiat political party, said Balkh provincial governor Atta Mohammad Noor, a leading figure in Jamiat. No one claimed responsibility.

Thursday October 19

Around 50 soldiers were killed in a Taliban assault on a military base in the southern province of Kandahar. The militants razed the base to the ground.

Elsewhere, Taliban insurgents besieged a police headquarters in Ghazni province, attacking it for the second time in a week.

Tuesday October 17

Dozens of security personnel were killed and scores wounded in Taliban attacks on a police headquarters in Ghazni province and a police training centre in the eastern province of Paktia. A senior provincial commander was among the dead.