Taloqan attack on May 28, 2011

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The attack in Taloquan on May 28, 2011 was a serious attack in northern Afghanistan , in which seven people were killed.

GenMaj Kneip with Daud Daud shortly before the attack

The police commander for northern Afghanistan, Mohammed Daud Daud , and the police chief of Tachar province were killed in the bomb attack in front of the governor's seat in Taloqan . In addition, two Bundeswehr soldiers, Major Thomas Tholi and Sergeant Tobias Lagenstein, died . The German commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Northern Afghanistan (Commander Regional Command North; RC North), Major General Markus Kneip , was seriously wounded in the attack .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Afghanistan: Two German soldiers killed in a bomb attack. In: Spiegel Online . Spiegel Online GmbH, May 28, 2011, accessed on December 5, 2011 (given source: mbe / mgb / dpa / Reuters ).
  2. ^ Press and information staff : Afghanistan: Blast attack in Talokan. (3rd update). Federal Ministry of Defense , Head of the Press and Information Staff , May 29, 2011, accessed on December 5, 2011 .