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During the evening of 3 August 2021, a ] ] car bomber and gunmen attacked a house belonging to the Afghan defense minister ] in Sherpur, Kabul, Afghanistan, where a resistance group was suspected of meeting. Thirteen people were killed, including five attackers. Twenty other people were injured, including two of Mohammadi's bodyguards.<ref name=I>{{Cite web |url=https://independent.co.uk/asia/taliban-kabul-attack-afghanistan-tactics-b1896577.html |title=Death toll in Taliban attack on Kabul rises to 13 |date=4 August 2021 |access-date=2021-08-04 |archive-date=2021-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804101229/https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/taliban-kabul-attack-afghanistan-tactics-b1896577.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | During the evening of 3 August 2021, a ] ] car bomber and gunmen attacked a house belonging to the Afghan defense minister ] in Sherpur, Kabul, Afghanistan, where a resistance group was suspected of meeting. Thirteen people were killed, including five attackers. Twenty other people were injured, including two of Mohammadi's bodyguards.<ref name=I>{{Cite web |url=https://independent.co.uk/asia/taliban-kabul-attack-afghanistan-tactics-b1896577.html |title=Death toll in Taliban attack on Kabul rises to 13 |date=4 August 2021 |access-date=2021-08-04 |archive-date=2021-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804101229/https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/taliban-kabul-attack-afghanistan-tactics-b1896577.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The attack was desribed by the '']'' as ]-style operation, carried out by the Taliban's "Martyrdom Battalion". It aimed at killing Mohammadi because he was one of the key government figures responsible for countering the ].<ref name="martyrdom unit" /> | ||
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August 2021 Kabul attackDuring the evening of 3 August 2021, a Taliban suicide car bomber and gunmen attacked a house belonging to the Afghan defense minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi in Sherpur, Kabul, Afghanistan, where a resistance group was suspected of meeting. Thirteen people were killed, including five attackers. Twenty other people were injured, including two of Mohammadi's bodyguards. The attack was desribed by the Long War Journal as inghimasi-style operation, carried out by the Taliban's "Martyrdom Battalion". It aimed at killing Mohammadi because he was one of the key government figures responsible for countering the 2021 Taliban offensive.
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- "Death toll in Taliban attack on Kabul rises to 13". 4 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
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