Timeline Major operations Airstrikes Major insurgent attacks 2002 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Massacres Other On December 11, 2015, Taliban militants detonated a car bomb and stormed a guesthouse near the Spanish embassy in the Shirpour district of Kabul, Afghanistan—home to many foreign embassies and high-ranking government officials.

Nine people died in the attack, including four Afghans, two Spanish military policemen and three Taliban fighters.

Security forces, including Norwegian special forces,[1] took more than ten hours to bring the area back under control.

[2][3][4][5] The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

[6][7] In October 2016, a member of the Norwegian Marinejegerkommandoen was awarded a medal for saving lives of Spanish diplomats during the incident.