Recent wave of attacks in Afghanistan

A raid on a military academy in Kabul that killed 11 soldiers is the fourth major attack in a surge of violence over the past nine days


Militants claiming allegiance to so-called Islamic State (IS) operate in mountains in
Nangarhar province


Jan 29, 2018: Militants attack army base near military academy in Kabul, killing at least 11 soldiers and wounding 16. IS claims responsibility

Jan 27: Taliban attacker drives ambulance filled with explosives into heart of Kabul, killing at least 103 people and wounding as many as 235

Jan 23: IS militants storm office of Save the Children aid agency in Jalalabad, killing three staff members and at least two other people

Jan 20: Taliban militants storm Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, killing 22 people including 14 foreigners, and battling security forces in 13-hour siege


Taliban full control
Taliban claimed
Taliban contested

Map data as of Jan 2018

Herat
AFGHANISTAN
Mazar-i-Sharif
Kandahar
Kunduz
Kabul
Jalalabad

200km 125 miles


Sources: Long War Journal, AP 
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