2021 Kunduz mosque bombing | |
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Part of the Islamic State–Taliban conflict and 2021 Afghanistan attacks | |
Location | Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque, Kunduz, Afghanistan |
Date | 8 October 2021UTC+04:30) | (
Target | Shia worshippers |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Deaths | 46–100[1] |
Injured | 143[1] |
Perpetrators | IS-KP[2] |
On 8 October 2021, a suicide bombing happened at the Shia Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz.[3][4] Over 100 people were killed and another 100 injured.[5] The official death toll provided to Agence France Presse was 46, and 143 injured.[1]
The attack is the deadliest in Afghanistan since U.S. troops left in August.[2] The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.[6]
On 15 October 2021, an IS-KP suicide bomber killed 65 people at a Shia mosque in Kandahar.