 In 2011, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul announced that it plans to establish a consulate in Jalalabad.Many suicide attacks by jihadist insurgents have taken place, including in August 2013, April 2015, January 2018, July 2018, September 2018 and 2019.The groups responsible for the attacks include the Taliban, Haqqani Network, al-Qaeda, and ISIS (Daesh).