May 2010 Kabul bombing

May 2010 Kabul bombing
Part of the Taliban insurgency
Kabul is located in Afghanistan
Kabul
Kabul
Kabul (Afghanistan)
LocationKabul, Afghanistan
DateMay 18, 2010
TargetNATO convoy
Attack type
Suicide car bombing
Deaths18
Injured52
Perpetrator Taliban

The May 2010 Kabul bombing occurred on May 18, 2010, in Kabul, Afghanistan. 18 people, including 5 US soldiers and a Canadian soldier, were killed and 52 were injured when a NATO convoy was targeted by a Taliban suicide attacker.[1] It was the deadliest attack against NATO forces in Afghanistan since September 2009, when six Italian soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber.[2][3] Two full colonels and two lieutenant colonels were killed in this attack, making it the deadliest attack against ranking officers in Afghanistan.[4] With this attack, the total number of Americans killed in Afghanistan crossed one thousand.[5]

  1. ^ "Kabul suicide bomber kills 18 in attack on Nato convoy". BBC News. May 18, 2010. Archived from the original on May 19, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference cbc20100518 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Reid, Robert; Shah, Amir (May 18, 2010). "Taliban suicide bomb hits NATO convoy, kills 18". Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 21, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  4. ^ Nordland, Rod (May 20, 2010). "Toll in Kabul Suicide Attack Included U.S. and Canadian Officers". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  5. ^ Dao, James; Lehren, Andrew (May 18, 2010). "Grim Milestone: 1,000 Americans Dead". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 20, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2010.