Major Violent Events That Captured The World’s Attention In 2020

The globe was a scene of many violent actions that claimed lives of many people and injured many others.
The year began with the killing of Qassem Suleimani, commander of Iran’s Al-Quds Brigade, and deputy commander of Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandes outside Baghdad airport.
Following are major violent acts: Jan. 1: India declared two soldiers were killed in an armed clash with Pakistani troops at the demarcation line of contested Kashmir.
Jan. 1: Taliban gunmen launched two attacks killing 15 soldiers and wounding two others in northern Afghanistan.
Jan. 3: Commander of the Iranian paramilitary force, Al-Quds Brigades, Qassem Suleimani and deputy chief of the irregular Iraqi force, Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandes, died in an American air strike near Baghdad airport.
Jan. 7: A booby-trapped motorcycle blew up killing two persons and wounding 14 others including security personnel in Baloshistan, southern Pakistan.
Jan. 8: Iran declared striking with missiles the US air base in Ain Al-Assad, Syria, in retaliation for assassinating Qassem Suleimani, chief of the Iranian paramilitary force, Al-Quds Brigades.
Jan. 10: India said Pakistani artillery shelling on positions near the line of control in Kashmir killed two persons and wounded three others.
Jan. 10: A blast in a mosque killed four people including a senior police officer and wounded 20 others in Quetta, provincial capital of Baluchistan, southern Pakistan.
Jan. 12: A bomb blast ripped through a military vehicle boarding US troops killing two soldiers in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan.
Jan. 20: Three gunmen, suspected members of Al-Mujahideen organization, died in a firefight with Indian security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir in the north.
Jan. 21: Two Indian police officers died in clashes in the Indian-patrolled sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
Jan. 24: The Pentagon revealed that 34 US troops suffered brain concussion and other painful symptoms in the Iranian air strike on the base in Ain Al-Assad.
Jan. 29: Taliban gunmen carried out an attack killing 13 Afghan troops and wounding 12 others in Kunduz, North Afghanistan.
Jan. 30: An American military plane crashed in Ghazni, Afghanistan, killing two pilots, the Pentagon said.
Jan. 31: Three gunmen died and once police officer were wounded in armed clashes in Jammu and Kashmir.
Feb. 2: Police killed a man in Streatham, South London, after he stabbed pedestrians.
Feb. 7: US President Donald Trump declared chief of Al-Qaeda group in the Arabian Peninsula, Qassem Al-Rimi, was killed in a US raid in Yemen.
Feb. 9: Two American troops and an Afghan soldier died and nine troops were wounded in an attack in Nangarhar, East Afghanistan.
Feb. 11: A suicide attack on a military academy in the Afghan capital Kabul killed nine people including four soldiers and wounded 12 others.
Feb. 13: The French Army declared its forces killed at least 30 gunmen in operations coordinated with Africa’s Sahel states against Al-Qaeda organization and the so-called Islamic State (IS).
Feb. 7: A suicide bombing attack killed seven persons and wounded two others in Quetta, Pakistan.
Feb. 27: Up to 24 people died and more than 200 others were injured in clashes between supporters and opponents of a new citizenship law in Northeast Delhi.
March 4: Taliban gunmen executed an armed assault in Kunduz and Uruzgan, respectively in the north and center of Afghanistan, killing 20 Afghan soldiers. Simultaneously, American forces raided Taliban strongholds in Helmand, South Afghanistan.
March 18: Pakistan forces raided a hideout for armed militants in Waziristan, located close to the Afghan border, killing seven gunmen and suffering four deaths among the regulars.
March 20: Gunmen attacked a security post in Zabul, South Afghanistan, killing 24 of the regular personnel.
March 20: Taliban armed men launched an attack in Zabul, killing at least six army soldiers.
April 4: At least two people were killed and awvwn others wounded in a knife attack in Romans-sur-Isere city, southeast France.
April 9: Pakistan military shot down an Indian spying quad copter violating its space along the line of control.
April 19: Over 13 people were killed in a shooting by a gunman in Nova Scotia, Canada.
April 29: At least 14 civilians were killed in a roadside bomb explosion that struck a passenger in province of Daikundi, Afghanistan. May 1: Afghan Ministry of Defense stated that more than four Afghan soldiers and 15 Taliban were killed in a violent clash Afghanistan’s eastern Logar province.
May 14: At least five civilians lost their lives in a car suicide bomb explosion in front of the gate of a Defense Ministry facility in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktia province.
May 18: Suicide car bombing kills seven people belonging to the National Directorate of Security in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province.
May 19: Seven Pakistani soldiers killed in two terror attacks in Baluchistan province, Southwest Pakistan.
May 25: African-American George Floyd was chocked to death after a US policeman placed his knee on his kneck and kept pressing until he passed away.
May 29: A protestors took over in Minneapolis, Minnesota over the death of Floyd.
May 31: Curfews were imposed in major cities in the US after death of Floyd.

June 2: Two people were killed during unrest in Chicago as protests continued over the death of Floyd.
June 5: French forces killed the leader of the Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in an operation that took a place in Mali.
June 6: More than 11 members of the Afghan local police were killed over a roadside blast in northeast Afghanistan.
June 8: At least two people were killed and eight others were injured after a roadside bombing by PPK in eastern Turkey.
June 12: Pakistan’s authorities announced that a powerful bomb blast at a crowded bazaar in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi resulted in killing at least one person and wounding 15 others.
June 12: A deadly bomb blast ripped through a mosque led to killing four people and wounding eight others in Kabul city, Afghanistan.
June 16: At least 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a clash with Chinese forces in a disputed Himalayan border area.
June 16: Indian defense ministry announced that two colonels were killed in clash with Chinese forces that occurred in Himalayan border.
June 19: Turkish authorities announced that one soldier was killed through “claw tiger” operation launched against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) northern Iraq.
June 26: Three people were stabbed to death including a police officer and several wounded in Glasgow city, Scotland.
June 29: At least 23 civilians were killed in a rocket attack in a festival in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
June 29: More than six people, including a police officer lost their lives during a gun attack that occurred in Stock Exchange in Pakistan’s southern Karachi city.
July 6: India, China agree on five-point plan to de-escalate tensions between their border forces along the Line of Effective Observation.
July 8: Seven Afghan police officers killed in two separate attacks by militants in south and central Afghanistan.
July 11: Two militants killed during their attempt to infiltrate from the Pakistani side along the Line of Control in Kupwara province in Jammu and Kashmir State in northern India.
July 13: Suicide attack kills 11 security personnel in at the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) compound in Afghanistan’s northern Samangan province.
July 20: Turkey launches operation (Yildirim-2 Cilo) against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Hakkari Province, southeast of the country, killing three militants in the region.
July 22: Seven members of the Afghan security forces and nine (Taliban) militants killed in separate clashes in southern Afghanistan.
July 30: Three Indian army personnel killed in ambush in the northeastern Manipur district.
Aug. 3: 29 people died in an attack carried by IS group in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province.
Aug. 4: A powerful explosion rocked Beirut Port killing hundreds of people and injuring thousands others.
Aug. 9: Ten people were killed in two bombs explosions in the Afghani capital and the southern province of Kandahar.
Aug. 11: An Iraqi officer killed in attack by IS southwest of Kirkuk, northern Iraq.
Aug. 12: Ten members of the Afghan security forces killed in two separate attacks launched by the Taliban insurgents in eastern Nangarhar province, and western Badghis province.
Aug. 13: Four Afghan security forces and eight Taliban militants were killed in a clash in Balkh province in northern Afghanistan.
Aug. 14: Two Indian police officers were killed and another wounded in an attack by gunmen in Srinagar city in Jammu and Kashmir state in northern India.
Aug. 16: Four Afghan security forces, eight Taliban militants killed as a result of a clash in Balkh province in northern Afghanistan, while four civilians were killed by a mine explosion planted on the side of a road in the southern province of Kandahar.
Aug. 18: Rebel soldiers arrested Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Prime Minister Bobo Sisi, some senior officials, civilians and military personnel, after the military took control of a military base near the capital, Bamako.
Aug. 19: Coup leader in Mali announced resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and dissolved parliament.
Aug. 22: One Afghan police officer was killed and four others were wounded, including a civilian, in a series of explosions in the Afghan capital.
Aug. 25: Twelve people, including members of the Afghan Army, were killed in two separate attacks in the northern provinces of Balkh and Ghor province, central Afghanistan.
Aug. 27: A New Zealand court sentenced Christchurch mosques’ shooter Brenton Tarrant to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Aug. 28: Thirteen civilians were killed and two others wounded in two bombings in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan.
Aug. 31: Eleven Taliban fighters were killed in an airstrike by Afghan forces in Faryab province, north of the country.

Sept. 5: Two French soldiers were killed and a third wounded when their armored vehicle was destroyed by an improvised explosive device in Mali.
Sept. 10: At least 10 people were killed and over 16 others received injuries as Afghan First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh’s convoy was targeted on Wednesday in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul.
Sept. 10: Six Taliban militants were killed and seven security men were wounded in separate clashes with security forces in Herat and Kandahar provinces in western Afghanistan.
Sept. 17: Up to 26 security men were killed during clashes with Taliban militants in different parts of the country.
Sept. 26: A commander in the Afghan police was killed in an attack by Taliban militants in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan.
Sept. 27: The President of Azerbaijan declared a state of war in his country due to the escalation with Armenian forces in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Oct. 3: Car bomb attack killed 15 people in eastern Afghanistan.
Oct. 5: Two Indian soldiers were killed in clashes in the India-Pakistan disputed province.
Oct. 5: A blast targeting a local governor killed eight people in eastern Afghanistan.
Oct. 10: Indian forces killed four gunmen in in the India-Pakistan disputed province of Kashmir.
Oct. 10: Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on a humanitarian truce, after long talks between the two countries’ foreign ministers, brokered by Russia.
Oct 14: Thirteen civilians were killed and 19 wounded in two separate blasts in Afghanistan’s western Herat and eastern Laghman province.
Oct. 15: Six security personnel were killed when armed militants opened fire on a convoy of state-run Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province.
Oct. 18: Twelve civilians were killed and more than 100 others wounded in a car bombing close to police headquarters in Afghanistan’s central province of Ghor.
Oct. 22: Twenty-one Taliban fighters were killed in an Afghan Air Force strike in Afghanistan’s northeastern Takhar province.
Oct. 23: Twenty members of the Afghan National Army (ANA) were killed in an attack by Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s southwestern Nimroz province.
Oct. 24: Thirty people were killed in various terror attack occurring in Afghanistan.
Oct. 27: A terror attack, targeting a religious school in Peshawar, northern Pakistan, led to death of seven people and injury of 70 others.

Nov. 2: At least 19 people were killed in a complex attack on Kabul University, Afghanistan.
Nov. 2: At least seven people were killed and several others injured in shooting assaults in central Vienna, Austria.
Nov. 3: Philippine authorities announced the killing of seven individuals suspected of belonging to the Abu Sayyaf terror group in operations south of the country.
Nov. 10: At least four policemen were killed and 20 others were wounded in a car bomb attack near a police headquarters in Afghanistan’s northern Faryab province.
Nov. 21: At least eight people were killed and over 30 others wounded when rockets struck densely populated parts of Afghan capital city Kabul minutes after two IED explosions.
Nov. 26: Two Indian soldiers were killed in clashes with gunmen in the India-Pakistan disputed province of Kashmir.
Nov. 29: At least 32 security personnel were killed and around 24 others received injuries in a suicide car bomb attack targeting an army base in Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province.
Dec. 9: Two security personnel died in a suicide attack carried out by the Taliban on a military base in Ghanzi in eastern Afghanistan.
Dec. 10: Pakistani Army declared two soldiers died in a gunfire attack on the line of observation in contested Kashmir.
Dec. 18: Afghan Ministry of Interior declared 15 persons, mostly children, perished in a huge blast in Ghazni, eastern Afghanistan.

 

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