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.[1]
Events
The attack occurred at approximately 5:15 (UTC) A.M.,[2] 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.[3] Two days prior, a rocket was fired at the base from the nearby village of Qalandar Khil.[1][4] A total of 17+ people died on site; 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.[5]
Fatalities
Five Czech ISAF soldiers were killed,[6] of the Czech Afghanistan Contingent.
| Date | Name | Rank | Age | Unit | Branch | Region | City | Cause | Place of Death | Died In |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-14-2014 | Lieskovan, Jaroslav | Rotmistr (Sergeant First Class) | 39 | 2nd Czech Force Protection Company | Czech Army | Pardubice | Chrudim | Hostile - hostile fire | Prague | Czech Republic |
| 7-08-2014 | Beneš, David | Rotmistr (Sergeant First Class) | 28 | 2nd Czech Force Protection Company | Czech Army | Pardubice | Chrudim | Hostile - hostile fire | Bagram Air Force Base | Afghanistan |
| 7-08-2014 | Šenkýr, Jan | Desátník (Corporal) | 39 | 43rd airborne battalion | Czech Army | Ústí nad Labem | Žatec | Hostile - hostile fire | Bagram Air Force Base | Afghanistan |
| 7-08-2014 | Ligac, Libor | Desátník (Corporal) | 32 | 2nd Czech Force Protection Company | Czech Army | Pardubice | Chrudim | Hostile - hostile fire | Bagram Air Force Base | Afghanistan |
| 7-08-2014 | Klusák, Ivo | Četař (Sergeant) | 33 | 2nd Czech Force Protection Company | Czech Army | Pardubice | Chrudim | Hostile - hostile fire | Bagram Air Force Base | Afghanistan |
See also
References
- ^ a b "4th Czech Force Protection Company sponsors Czech Fallen Heroes' Day". Army.mil. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
- ^ "Czech NATO soldier seriously injured in Afghanistan dies". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
- ^ "Four Czech soldiers among 16 killed in Afghan suicide attack". DAWN.COM. AFP. 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
- ^ "Radio Prague - Four Czech soldiers killed in Afghan suicide bomb attack". Retrieved 2017-06-19.
- ^ "Fifth Czech Dies From Afghan Blast". RFE/RL. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
- ^ "iCasualties | Operation Iraqi Freedom | Iraq | Fatalities By Nationality". icasualties.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2017-06-19.