| 2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of theIslamic State–Taliban conflict | |
| Location | Qala Bakhtiar neighbourhood,Kabul,Afghanistan |
| Date | September 2, 2024 |
| Target | Civilians, Taliban members |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Weapon | Explosive vest |
| Deaths | 7 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 13 |
| Perpetrators |  Islamic State – Khorasan Province |
| 1 | |
| Motive | Retaliation for Muslim prisoners in Taliban prisons |
On September 2, 2024, a suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body outside a government building in Afghanistan's capitalKabul, killing six people and injuring 13 others.
The IS–Taliban conflict is an ongoinginsurgency that began in 2015 between the militant groups theIslamic State and theTaliban.
A man with anexplosive vest strapped to his body detonated the explosives outside the General Directorate for Monitoring and Follow-up of Decrees and Directives in the Qala Bakhtiar neighbourhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing 6 people and injuring 13 others.[1][2]
The six people killed, including a woman, and thirteen injured were all civilians,[3][4] including some of the building's employees.
The Kabul police stated they were investigating the attack.[5]
Islamic State claimed responsibility on September 3, 2024, claiming they had killed and wounded at least 45 people, but the claim is unconfirmed.[6]
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