2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing | |
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Part of the Islamic State–Taliban conflict | |
Location | Qala Bakhtiar neighbourhood, Kabul, Afghanistan |
Date | September 2, 2024 |
Target | Civilians, Taliban members |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Weapon | Explosive vest |
Deaths | 7 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 13 |
Perpetrators | Islamic State – Khorasan Province |
No. of participants | 1 |
Motive | Retaliation for Muslim prisoners in Taliban prisons |
On September 2, 2024, a man detonated himself outside of a government building in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, killing six people and injuring thirteen others.