| 2023 Kabul airport bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of theIslamic State–Taliban conflict | |
 Interactive map of 2023 Kabul airport bombing | |
| Location | 34°33′31″N69°13′13″E / 34.55861°N 69.22028°E /34.55861; 69.22028 Hamid Karzai International Airport,Kabul,Afghanistan |
| Date | 1 January 2023; 2 years ago (2023-01-01) |
| Target | Taliban members |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Deaths | 20 |
| Injured | 30 |
| Perpetrators | Islamic State - Khorasan Province |
On 1 January 2023, a bombing at a checkpoint outside the military airport inKabul, located about 200 metres from the civilianKabul International Airport inAfghanistan killed and injured several people.[1][2][3] The following day, theIslamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing onTelegram, claiming to have killed 20 people and injured 30. TheTaliban-runministry of interior denied those numbers, saying it would be releasing an official toll.[4]
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