source: Radio Kulmiye; Radio Dalsan
actor1: Al Shabaab
actor2: Military Forces of Somalia (2017-)
location: Afgooye
notes: 30 August 2018: Al-Shabaab forces reportedly attacked a Somali National Army position in Afgoye town, near midnight. Three soldiers were killed and 7 injured during the fighting. According to the source, government troops were able to push the attackers back, ending the fighting. Among the dead was the son of the former state minister of the Somali Presidential Palace. State forces later issued a report, claiming to have killed four Al-Shabaab fighters during the gunfight.