Even though Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan has formally ended, security is still a big issue in the war-ravaged country. Insurgents have been especially active in Kabul, where a number of deadly incidents have occurred since the beginning of the year. Four Canadians were among those killed in the attacks.
Here are some major attacks this year:
April 17 -- Taliban militants stopped a car carrying Afghan police officers on the road to Kabul and killed at least four of them, according to authorities.
April 2 -- A suicide bombing killed six policemen at the Afghan Interior Ministry compound in one of Kabul’s most heavily fortified areas.
March 29 – Taliban militants, disguised in burqas, attacked the election commission's headquarters in Kabul. They never breached the compound, but they fired machine guns and set two warehouses on fire. Afghan authorities said all five militants were killed after a four-hour standoff.
March 28-- Taliban militants attacked the residence of an American charity and a nearby day care centre in Kabul. An Afghan girl and a driver were killed in the shootout between the Taliban and police, officials said.
March 20 -- Four men attacked a luxury hotel in Kabul, opening fire in a restaurant and killing nine people, including two Canadians --Zeenab Kassam, who was volunteering as an English teacher, and Dr. Roshan Thomas, an optometrist (pictured below).
March 11– Swedish-British journalist Nils Horner was shot to death while reporting in a well-guarded area of Kabul.
January 17– Two Canadian accountants, Martin Glazer of Gatineau, Que., and Peter McSheffrey of Ottawa, were killed in a suicide bombing at a Kabul restaurant. The attack claimed 21 victims – 13 foreigners and eight Afghans.
