Terrorist attack in Afghanistan
The2024 Guzara Attack was a terrorist attack againstShia Muslims inGuzara ,Herat Province ,Afghanistan on April 29, 2024, by theIslamic State – Khorasan Province .[ 2]
TheIslamic State as a whole has made its ideology ofIslamic Statism toSunni supremacy andTakfirism against Shia Muslims with attacks like theCamp Speicher massacre ,[ 3] Al-Qaeda , which attempts to maintain positiveShia–Sunni relations .[ 4]
On the night of April 29, 2024 at 9 PM, an attacker stormed into the Imam Zaman mosque and opened fired on worshippers inside.[ 5] [ 6] Imam who was leading the prayers, and injuring one.[ 7] [ 8] AK-47 to shoot at the worshippers before he fled the scene.[ 9]
Though no one immediately took responsibility for the attack,[ 10] Islamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility through theirtelegram channel.[ 11] president of Afghanistan ,Hamid Karzai , said on a post onX : "I strongly condemn the attack on the Imam Zaman Mosque, I consider this terrorist act against all religious and human standards.",[ 12] United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan ,[ 13] Iranian embassy inKabul ,[ 14] Taliban with them denouncing and accusing the Islamic State even before they claimed responsibility for the attack.[ 15]
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Islamic State – Khorasan Province