Incident Summary:

11/07/2006: Suspected Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan, leaving two militants and one police officer dead.

GTD ID:
200611070005

When:
2006-11-07

Country:
Afghanistan

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Khost (Province)

City:
Unknown

Location Details:
Eastern Khost (Province)

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity	Afghan Police
Entity Type	Police/Military
Specific Description	Checkpoint in Khost (Province)
Nationality of Target	Afghanistan

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Firearms	Automatic Weapon
Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite	Projectile (rockets, mortars, RPGs, etc.)

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Situation of Multi-Party Conflict?	Yes
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	Yes
Alternate Designation (more)	Insurgency/Guerilla Action
Additional Information	Police rushed reinforcements to the area, forcing the Taliban to flee, Ayub said. The militants took their dead with them

Perpetrator Information
Name	Claimed Responsibility
Taliban	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	3 Fatalities / 2 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	3
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	2
Total Number of Injured	2
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources
Staff, ”2 Suspected Taliban, 1 Police Killed in eastern Afghanistan Clash,• The Associated Press, November 07, 2006.