{"id":57458,"date":"2018-01-29T21:51:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T21:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/29\/isis-attack-on-military-academy-in-afghan-capital-kills-11\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:10:05","slug":"isis-attack-on-military-academy-in-afghan-capital-kills-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/01\/29\/isis-attack-on-military-academy-in-afghan-capital-kills-11\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIS attack on military academy in Afghan capital kills 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KABUL, Afghanistan \u2014 Islamic State militants attacked Afghan soldiers guarding a military academy in the capital on Monday, killing at least 11 troops and wounding 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attack, which began before dawn and continued well past daybreak, was the latest in a wave of relentless violence in Kabul this month unleashed by the Taliban and the rival Islamic State group that has killed scores and left hundreds wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump condemned the recent spate of violence, saying \u201cinnocent people are being killed left and right,\u201d including children. After previously expressing support for Afghan efforts to reach a political settlement with the insurgent group, Trump said \u201cthere\u2019s no talking to the Taliban.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/01\/29\/trump-condemns-taliban-role-in-afghan-attacks-says-no-talks\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18029660286212.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump condemns Taliban role in Afghan attacks, says no talks<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Donald Trump told visiting members of the U.N. Security Council on Monday the U.S. would no longer talk with the Taliban following a recent string of deadly attacks in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said a suicide bomber struck the military unit guarding the academy, setting off a gunbattle. Two of the attackers were killed in the gunbattle, two detonated their suicide vests and one was arrested by the troops, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waziri confirmed that 11 soldiers were killed. He said \u201cthe attack was against an army unit providing security for the academy and not the academy itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan, which calls itself Khorasan Province, claimed the attack in a statement carried by its Aamaq news agency, saying its fighters targeted the academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The academy, known as Marshal Fahim National Defense University, is sometimes called \u201cSandhurst in the Sand\u201d \u2014 a reference to the British academy. Named after Mohammed Fahim, the country\u2019s late vice president and a military commander of the Northern Alliance that fought the Taliban, the academy was inaugurated in 2013 after British forces oversaw the development of its officers\u2019 school and its training program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The academy was also the site where the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to be killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq lost his life, in August 2014. Army Maj Gen. Harold J. Greene, then deputy commander of the transition force in the country, was shot and killed by an Afghan soldier in a so-called \u201cinsider attack\u201d that was later claimed by the Taliban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same academy was also attacked in October last year by a suicide bomber who killed 15 officers. The attacker was on foot and detonated his suicide vest as the on-duty officers were leaving the facility. That attack was also claimed by the Taliban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Ashraf Ghani denounced Monday\u2019s attack, saying the \u201cTaliban must choose between Islam and terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18029379133540.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18029379133540.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18029379133540.jpg.jpg?resize=300,207 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18029379133540.jpg.jpg?resize=768,530 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Afghan woman leaves the site of an attack at the Marshal Fahim academy in Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. Islamic State militants attacked Afghan soldiers guarding the military academy in the capital Kabul on Monday, killing at least 10 troops and wounding 16. (Rahmat Gul\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neighboring Pakistan also condemned Monday\u2019s attack, saying it \u201creiterates its strong condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, especially the series of heinous attacks within the last week in Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both the Taliban and ISIS have stepped up attacks in recent weeks, in what analysts say is a campaign of violence intended to undermine the U.S.-backed government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, a Taliban attacker drove an ambulance filled with explosives into the heart of the city, killing at least 103 people and wounding as many as 235.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Taliban claimed the ambulance attack, as well as an attack a week earlier in which militants stormed a luxury hotel in Kabul, killing 22 people, including 14 foreigners, and setting off a 13-hour battle with security forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Masoom Stanekzai, the head of Afghanistan\u2019s intelligence service, said five suspects have been arrested for their involvement in the hotel attack. A sixth suspect had fled the country, he said. He also said that four people have been arrested in connection with Saturday\u2019s ambulance attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recent attacks have underscored the weaknesses of Afghan security forces more than 16 years after the U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also raise questions about Trump\u2019s strategy for winning America\u2019s longest war, which was announced in August but has changed little on the ground. That strategy was based on ramping up military pressure on the Taliban to eventually force them into peace talks with the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in a meeting with visiting ambassadors on Monday, Trump said \u201cwe don\u2019t want to talk with the Taliban.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Taliban have been waging an insurgency since they were driven from power by U.S. and Afghan forces after the Sept. 11 attacks. In recent years, they have seized districts across the country and carried out near-daily attacks, mainly targeting Afghan security forces and the U.S.-backed government. 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Its followers have clashed with both Afghan forces and the Taliban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writers Maamoun Youssef in Cairo and Patrick Quinn in Beirut contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamic State militants attacked Afghan soldiers guarding a military academy in the capital on Monday, killing at least 11 troops and wounding 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