Isa Khan Laghmani (, born 1987) is soldier of the Afghanistan National Army. He was called the hero of Afghanistan after he killed 6 suicide attackers alone in the Kabul Parliament attack on June 22, 2015.

Kabul Parliament attack

On June 22, 2015, the Taliban detonated a car bomb outside the

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, and Taliban fighters attacked the building with assault rifles and

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s. A Taliban fighter driving a car loaded with explosives managed to get through security checkpoints before detonating the vehicle outside the parliament's gates. Six Taliban insurgents with

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rifles and

s took up positions in a construction site nearby. Members of Parliament were evacuated to safety, while security forces battled the insurgents in a two-hour gun battle. Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said all seven attackers were killed by police and no MPs were wounded. The UN mission in Afghanistan said a woman and a child were killed in the attack, and forty civilians were injured. Taliban spokesman

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claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that it was timed to coincide with a parliamentary speech of the new

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. Lieutenant General Abdul Rahman Rahimi, Kabul's Chief of Police, said that the police will investigate how the attackers got so close to parliament.

Killing of 6 attackers

Afghan National Army staff sergeant Isa Khan Laghmani is believed to have killed three insurgents attempting to storm the parliament in the attack.

President and chief executive officer awards

He was praised by

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for his actions. Posters with Khan's face have appeared in the capital, in what has been described as a "rare spontaneous show of support" for the country's security forces.

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Kabul Parliament attack

Killing of 6 attackers

President and chief executive officer awards

See also

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