| 2021 Kabul hospital attack | |
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| Part ofIslamic State–Taliban conflict | |
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| Location | Kabul,Afghanistan |
| Date | 2 November 2021 |
| Target | Daoud Khan Military Hospital |
| Deaths | 25+(+5) |
| Injured | 50+ |
| Perpetrators | Islamic State – Khorasan Province |
On 2 November 2021, a majorinsurgent attack at the Sardar MohammadDaoud Khan Military Hospital inKabul,Afghanistan, killed at least 25 people.[1][2]
Islamic State beganan insurgency in Afghanistan in 2015. They claimed responsibility fora 2017 attack on Daoud Khan hospital.[1][2]
On 2 November 2021, bombers and gunmen attackedDaoud Khan Military Hospital inKabul,Afghanistan. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated his explosives at the gate of the hospital followed by four attackers. The attackers stormed the hospital and killed multiple people including MawlawiHamdullah Mukhlis leader of the Kabul Corps of the Islamic Army of Afghanistan who was also known as the "Conqueror of Kabul" after he became the first senior Taliban figure to occupy the Afghanistan presidential palace during the August 15, 2021 Taliban takeover of Kabul.[3][4][5] The attack was followed by a second more powerful explosion also at the gate. Taliban commando then arrived via helicopter and engaged in a firefight with the Islamic State gunmen leading to the deaths of all the attackers. The attack killed at least 25 people and wounded 50 more.[6][7][8]
TheIslamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the attack.[9]
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