{"id":64472,"date":"2020-10-27T23:23:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T23:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/10\/27\/drop-in-insurgent-attacks-coalition-airstrikes-leads-to-fewest-civilian-casualties-in-afghanistan-since-2012\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:13:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:13:58","slug":"drop-in-insurgent-attacks-coalition-airstrikes-leads-to-fewest-civilian-casualties-in-afghanistan-since-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/10\/27\/drop-in-insurgent-attacks-coalition-airstrikes-leads-to-fewest-civilian-casualties-in-afghanistan-since-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop in insurgent attacks, coalition airstrikes leads to fewest civilian casualties in Afghanistan since 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KABUL, Afghanistan \u2014 A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a police special forces base in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, setting off a gunfight with police that was followed by two more suicide bombings, Afghan officials said. The coordinated attack killed five police and officials said seven militants were also killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gen. Ghulam Daud Tarakhail, Khost provincial police chief, said 34 others, including nine civilians and 25 military personnel, were wounded in the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tarakhail said the assailants, including the three suicide bombers, were shot and killed in the gun battle with Afghan security forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere were civilian houses near the attack site, so we were so careful to avoid civilian casualties. That is why we were slow in our operation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attack came as the Afghan government continues to fight Taliban militants even as peace talks in Qatar between the two sides take place. It also comes as the U.N. released a report showing a decrease in civilian casualties in the country compared to last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Tuesday\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said early Tuesday morning a vehicle full of explosives detonated near a base belonging to police special forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Separately, in the capital Kabul, three people were killed when a bomb attached to a vehicle exploded, said Ferdaws Faramarz, spokesman for the Kabul police chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faramarz said 10 other people were wounded in the attack. No one immediately claimed responsibility but both the Taliban and Islamic State affiliate are active and have claimed previous attacks in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\t