meeting of ISIS-K commanders who were planning a terrorist attack. October 18 – A US drone strike in Paktia Province killed Omar Khalid Khorasani, the leader of the JuA, and nine other terrorists. October 20 – two Shia Mosques were attacked. One, in Kabul, left at least 30 people dead and at least 45 people injured. The other attack, in the Ghor Province, left at least ten people dead. October 27 – A US helicopter from the 160th SOAR crashed in Logar province, killing one and injuring 6 more US servicemembers. November November 3 – A US airstrike in Char Dara District, Kunduz Province, killed scores of civilians, according to officials and residents in the area-with estimates as high as 55. An Afghan security official said the Taliban had forced locals to carry bodies of dead insurgents just as the strikes took place, however Afghan forces claimed no civilians had been killed. November 4 – A Green Beret from 2nd battalion 10th SFG died of injuries sustained during combat operations in Logar Province. November 19 – Afghan commandos and coalition forces conducted a nighttime raid on a Taliban-run prison in the village of Now Zad in Helmand Province, freeing 15 people, they also captured several Taliban members and removed bomb-making materials. December December 1 – A strike in Musa Qala District, Helmand Province, killed Mullah Shah Wali, the leader of Taliban's “Red Unit” along with one of Wali's deputy commanders and three other militants. December 18 – ISIL-KP militants stormed a National Directorate of Security training centre in Kabul. December 25 – A suicide bomber killed six people and injured a further three near a compound belonging to the Afghan intelligence agency in Kabul. December 28 – A suicide bombing targeting the Shia cultural centre in Kabul killed 50 people and injured over 80 more, ISIL carried out the attack. Deaths 20 January – Ahmed Gailani, founder of the National Islamic Front of Afghanistan (b. 1932). 26 February – Abdul Salam, Taliban governor (b. 1968). 10 September – Nancy Dupree, American historian who spent decades working to preserve the heritage of Afghanistan (b.1927). References 2010s in Afghanistan Years of the 21st century in Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan