| 2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part ofIslamic State–Taliban conflict | |
  Kandahar 2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing (Afghanistan) | |
| Location | 31°37′12″N65°42′57″E / 31.62000°N 65.71583°E /31.62000; 65.71583 Kandahar, Afghanistan |
| Date | 21 March 2024; 20 months ago (2024-03-21) 8:00 (UTC+04:30) |
| Target | Taliban |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Weapons | Explosive belt |
| Deaths | 21+[1] |
| Injured | 50+[1] |
| Perpetrator | Islamic State – Khorasan Province[1] |
| Assailant | Asadbek Madiyarov |
On 21 March 2024,IS–K carried out asuicide bombing on aNew Kabul Bank branch inKandahar,Afghanistan around 8:00AFT (03:30GMT) killing at least 21 and injuring at least 51,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] targeting Taliban workers who were collecting their wages.[11][12][13][14][15]
Hospital staff stated that the dead included several members of the Taliban.[7]
The suicide bomber was identified by the pro-Taliban al-Mirsad website as Asadbek Madiyarov, a citizen ofUzbekistan.[16][17][18]
Iran andPakistan both condemned the attack.[19][20]
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