On 12 June 2020, a Sunnimosque in Kabul was bombed, killing four people and injuring another eight.[2] On 17 June, twelve security forces members were killed and five were wounded during a Taliban attack in Aqcha District, Jowzjan Province. Four soldiers were taken hostage in the attack, and five Taliban militants killed.[3] Two security checkpoints in the Aqcha district were hit from different angles by the attackers, in an attempt to take over their control, a spokesman in the Jawzjan province confirmed.[4] However, the actual extent of casualties are yet to be ascertained, as the group behind the attack has not issued a statement yet.[5] Over a week later on June 29, at least 23 people were killed in rocket attacks on a cattle market in Sangin District, Helmand Province. Both the government and the Taliban blamed each other for the attack.[6]
