| December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing | |
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| Part ofWar in Afghanistan | |
  Kabul Kabul (Afghanistan) | |
| Location | Tebyan Cultural Centre,Kabul,Afghanistan |
| Date | 28 December 2017 |
| Target | Shia Muslims |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Weapons | Bomb |
| Deaths | 50 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 80 |
| Perpetrators |  Islamic State – Khorasan Province |
| Motive | Sunni fundamentalism Anti-Shi'ism |
TheDecember 2017 Kabul suicide bombing occurred on 28 December 2017, when militants attacked aShiite cultural centre inKabul, Afghanistan.[1][2] The attack killed 50 people and injured over 80.[3]
The major explosion of the attack occurred in the Tebyan Cultural centre (also spelled "Tabayan Cultural Centre" and "Tabian Cultural Centre"), a Shia cultural organisation, located in the Shia-dominatedDashte Barchi area of Kabul.[4][5] The cultural centre also housed the Afghan Voice Agency, with victims including journalists and university students. The bombing occurred during a discussion held to mark the 38th anniversary of theSoviet invasion of Afghanistan.[4][6] The interior ministry of Afghanistan stated that two other explosions occurred soon afterwards, but did not cause any fatalities.[4] Among those killed were two children. Most of those injured were suffering from burns.[5] Photographs taken by eyewitnesses showed significant damage to the targeted building.[5]
The so-calledIslamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack in an online statement released by theAmaq News Agency, operated by ISIL. The attack is among a series that has targeted Afghanistan's Shia minority, who are seen as heretics by the Islamic State.[1][4][5] According to the United Nations, 12 attacks have targeted Shiites in Afghanistan since the beginning of 2016, in which more than 700 people have been killed.[5] TheTaliban denied responsibility for the attack soon after it occurred. Afghan PresidentAshraf Ghani described the incident as an "unpardonable"crime against humanity.[4][5]
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