2019 Camp Shorabak attack | |
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Part of the War in Afghanistan | |
Location | Camp Shorabak, Helmand Province, Afghanistan |
Date | 1 March 2019 |
Target | Bus |
Attack type | Shooting Suicide bombing |
Weapons | Improvised explosive device |
Deaths | 23 |
Injured | 15 |
Perpetrators | Taliban |
On the morning of 1 March 2019, Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Camp Shorabak in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. They killed 23 Afghan soldiers and injured another 15.[1][2][3][4] Twenty insurgents were killed.[1] None of the US Marine advisers stationed at the military base were injured.[citation needed]