2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing

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Location31°37′12″N 65°42′57″E / 31.62000°N 65.71583°E / 31.62000; 65.71583
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Date21 March 2024; 2 years ago (2024-03-21)
8:00 (UTC+04:30)
TargetTaliban
Attack type
Suicide bombing
2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing
Part of Islamic State–Taliban conflict
2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing is located in Afghanistan
Kandahar
Kandahar
2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing (Afghanistan)
Location31°37′12″N 65°42′57″E / 31.62000°N 65.71583°E / 31.62000; 65.71583
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Date21 March 2024; 2 years ago (2024-03-21)
8:00 (UTC+04:30)
TargetTaliban
Attack type
Suicide bombing
WeaponsExplosive belt
Deaths21+[1]
Injured50+[1]
PerpetratorIslamic State – Khorasan Province[1]
AssailantAsadbek Madiyarov

On 21 March 2024, IS–K carried out a suicide bombing on a New Kabul Bank branch in Kandahar, Afghanistan around 8:00 AFT (03:30 GMT) 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 of Uzbekistan.[16][17][18]

Iran and Pakistan both condemned the attack.[19][20]

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