| 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of thepersecution of Shias by the Islamic State and theIslamic State–Taliban conflict | |
  2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing (Afghanistan) | |
| Location | 36°42′43″N67°06′35″E / 36.71206769247149°N 67.10971538524639°E /36.71206769247149; 67.10971538524639 Mazar-i-Sharif,Balkh Province,Afghanistan |
| Date | 21 April 2022 11:55 (AFT (UTC+04:30)) |
| Target | Shias |
| Weapons | Improvised explosive device |
| Deaths | 31 |
| Injured | 87 |
| Perpetrators |  Islamic State – Khorasan Province |
On 21 April 2022, a powerful bomb rocked theShia Seh Dokanmosque[1] inMazar-i-Sharif,Balkh Province,Afghanistan, killing at least 31 people and injuring more than 87 others. TheIslamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility viaTelegram.[2][3]
Worshippers were offering theZuhr prayer inside the mosque when the bombexploded.[4] Authorities counted 31 dead and at least 87 injured, six of whom were wounded critically.[4]
The bombing was part of a series of attacks on the same day, including two explosions targetingTaliban officers inKunduz andKhogyani District and a bombing that injured two Shia children inKabul.[4][5]
The Islamic State said the attack on the Mazar-e-Sharif mosque was carried out using a remote-controlledbooby-trapped bag when the building was packed with worshipers. The group called the attack part of its ongoing global campaign to "avenge" the deaths of its former leader and spokesman.[3]
Afghanistan had seen a sharp rise in bombings since theTaliban came to power. Earlier, abomb blast rocked a high school in the Shiite-populated area of Dasht-e-Barchi, several kilometers from Kabul.[6]
