2019 Camp Shorabak attack

2019 Camp Shorabak attack
Part of the War in Afghanistan
LocationCamp Shorabak, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Date1 March 2019 (2019-03-01)
TargetBus
Attack type
Shooting
Suicide bombing
WeaponsImprovised explosive device
Deaths23
Injured15
PerpetratorsTaliban

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. Twenty insurgents were killed. None of the US Marine advisers stationed at the military base were injured.