| 2021 Kunduz mosque bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Islamic State–Taliban conflict and the 2021 Afghanistan attacks | |
  Kunduz Kunduz (Afghanistan) | |
| Location | Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque, Kunduz, Afghanistan |
| Coordinates | 36°43′41″N 68°52′35″E / 36.72806°N 68.87639°E |
| Date | 8 October 2021 (UTC+04:30) |
| Target | Shia worshippers |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Deaths | 50+[1] |
| Injured | 143[1] |
| Perpetrators |  Islamic State – Khorasan Province[2] |
| Motive | Taliban support for Chinese expulsion of Uyghurs, Chinese repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang |
On 8 October 2021, an ISIS-K suicide bombing occurred at the Shia Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz.[3][4] Over 50 people were killed, and another 100 injured, but according to an estimate by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, more than 100 people were killed and wounded.[5]
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A suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province on Friday, killing scores of worshippers .... Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack that state-run Bakhtar news agency said had killed 46 people and wounded 143.
- ^ "At least 55 killed in Afghanistan's Kunduz mosque blast: Taliban official". Kabul, Afghanistan. WION. 8 October 2021. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Afghanistan: Dozens killed as blast hits Kunduz mosque". Al Jazeera. 8 October 2021. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
The United Nations mission to Afghanistan said in a tweet the blast killed and wounded more than 100 people.