On 8 July 2014, a Taliban suicide bomber riding a bicycle attacked a joint Afghan-ISAF reconnaissance mission in the vicinity of Qalandar Khel village in front of the Korean Clinic.
Events The attack occurred at approximately 5:15 (UTC) A.M., as the Czech soldiers along with Afghan police, were assessing the security situation in the village in the vicinity of Bagram Airfield. The bomber was in a crowd of Afghans talking to the soldiers who were investigating rocket attacks against Bagram airbase. Two days prior, a rocket had been fired at the base from the nearby village of Qalandar Khil. At least 17 people died on site in the suicide bombing, including 10 Afghan civilians, 2 Afghan police officers, and 4 Czech soldiers. A fifth Czech soldier died of wounds six days later in a Prague military hospital.
Fatalities Five Czech ISAF soldiers were killed, of the Czech Afghanistan Contingent. DateNameRankAgeUnitBranchRegionCityCausePlace of DeathDied In7-14-2014Lieskovan, Jaroslav (Sergeant First Class)392nd Czech Force Protection CompanyCzech ArmyPardubiceChrudimHostile - hostile firePragueCzech Republic7-08-2014Beneš, David (Sergeant First Class)282nd Czech Force Protection CompanyCzech ArmyPardubiceChrudimHostile - hostile fireBagram Air Force BaseAfghanistan7-08-2014Šenkýr, Jan (Corporal)3943rd airborne battalionCzech ArmyÚstí nad LabemŽatecHostile - hostile fireBagram Air Force BaseAfghanistan7-08-2014Ligac, Libor (Corporal)322nd Czech Force Protection CompanyCzech ArmyPardubiceChrudimHostile - hostile fireBagram Air Force BaseAfghanistan7-08-2014Klusák, Ivo (Sergeant)332nd Czech Force Protection CompanyCzech ArmyPardubiceChrudimHostile - hostile fireBagram Air Force BaseAfghanistan
See also 2007 Bagram Airfield bombing 2015 Bagram Airfield bombing 2016 Bagram Airfield bombing
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