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List of massacres in Afghanistan

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Afghanistan (numbers may be approximate). The list does not include collateral damage, especially from raids and airstrikes, which were due to mistaken identity or getting caught in the line of fire.

Khwarazmian Empire

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Name Date Location Deaths, Wounded and Captures Notes
Siege of Herat (1221) May or June 1221 (first siege) December 1221-June 1222 (second siege) Herat, Khwarazmian Empire (present-day Herat Province) 1,600,000 a Mongol army commanded by Tolui, son of Genghis Khan, laid siege to the city. After the city fell, the Mongols massacred the entire population and destroyed much of its infrastructure. According to chroniclers, the city was devastated to the point that very little of its former structures survived.
Siege of Bamyan July 1221 Bamyan, Khwarazmian Empire (present-day Hazarajat) all the inhabitants of the city The ruler Genghis Khan leads a Mongol force that besieges and captures the fortified city of Bamyan after fierce resistance; during the fighting, his grandson Mutukan is killed, prompting a brutal massacre of the city’s defenders and its population
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Durrani Empire and Anglo-Afghan War

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Name Date Location Deaths, Wounded and Captures Notes
1842 retreat from Kabul January 6–13, 1842 Between Kabul and Jalalabad via Gandamak Approx 16,500 (figure may incorporate: the missing and captured as well) 4,000 soldiers of the British East India Company and 12,000 civilians and camp followers.[1]
Hazara genocide 1888–1893 Hazaristan 320,000 families killed or enslaved 80,000 displaced[2] Afghan Troops Massacre Hazaras and take their land known as Hazaristan

Over 60% of the total Hazara population was either killed or displaced by the massacre.[3]
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Khalq communist rule

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Name Date Location Deaths, Wounded and Captures Notes
1979 Herat uprising March 1979 Herat Thousands disappeared without trace 3,000[4]–25,000[5]

In 1992, a mass grave was uncovered, containing 2,000 bodies of those killed by the DRA[6] repression.

Kerala massacre by the PDPA April 1979 Kerala, Kunar Province 1,170–1,260 killed Unarmed males murdered by the army[7][8]
Chindawol uprising June 1979 Chindawol Thousands disappeared without trace Crack-down by government forces reported, including 4-hour battle, and around 10,000 Hazaras and Qizilbash arrested. Abdul Majid Kalakani was executed.[9][10][11][12]
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Soviet-Afghan War

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Name Date Location Deaths, Wounded and Captures Notes
Operation Storm-333 December 27, 1979 Kabul 350 killed (Afghanistan side), and 14 killed (Soviet side) 25 (Soviet side) wounded.[13] 1,700 Afghan soldiers surrendered and 150 Palace and Leader's Guards captured.[14][15]
3 Hoot uprising February 22, 1980 Kabul 600 5,000+ arrested.[16]
1980 student protests in Kabul Late April to early June, 1980 Kabul 72 and 200 Students poisoned; 400 to 2000 arrested and a student, Nahid Saaed killed.[17]
Siege of Urgun August 1983-January 16, 1984 Urgun, Paktika Province 600 killed and 243 surrendered (Soviet claimed) The 243 prisoners were released.[18][19][20]
Laghman massacre April 1985 Laghman Province ~500 to ~1,000 Soviet reprisals against civilians against alleged anti-communist resistance groups.[21]
Battle of Maravar Pass April 21–2 2, 1985 Sangam and Daridam, Kunar Province 31 (Soviet side); Unknown captured Fatalities from the Afghan Mujahideen side is unknown.[22][23][24][25][26]
Badaber uprising April 25–2 6, 1985 Badaber, Pakistan 52 killed (Soviet side); Soviet claimed 100 to 200 Afghan mujahideen's killed. Afghan mujahideen claimed killing of 20 people.[27][28][29]
1985 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdown September 4, 1985 Kandahar 52 A Bakhtar Afghan Airlines An-26 (YA-BAM) was shot down by a SAM near Kandahar, killing all 52 people on board.
Battles of Zhawar First battle: September–October 1985; Second battle: February 28 – April 19, 1986 First battle: Zhawar, Paktia Province; Second battle: Zhawar, Khost Province 184 killed, 321 wounded and 530 captured (Afghan Mujahideen side); 281+ killed and 363+ wounded (Soviet and Afghanistan/DRA side) Specific numbers: First battle: 106 killed and 321 wounded (Afghan Mujahideen side); Unknown but expected heavy fatalities for Soviet and Afghanistan side; Second battle: 530 captured, 78 executed and 24 helicopters destroyed (Afghan Mujahideen side); 28 killed and 363 wounded (Soviet and Afghanistan side).[30][31]
Battle of Jaji April 17 – June 13, 1987 Paktia province 2+ killed (Soviet and Afghanistan side); 120+ killed (Afghan Mujahideen side) Osama Bin Laden wounded.[32][33][34]
Battle of Arghandab (1987) May 22 – Late June, 1987 Arghandab District, Kandahar Province 60+ killed (Afghan Mujahideen side) 500 killed and wounded; 1200 captured (Afghanistan/DRA side).[35][36][37][38]
Operation Magistral November 19, 1987-January 10, 1988 Paktia province Soviet: 24 killed and 56 wounded; Afghanistan/DRA: 300 killed and 700 wounded On the Haqqani Network side 150 to 300 killed.[39][40][41]
Battle for Hill 3234 January 7–8, 1988 Paktia Province, near the Afghanistan–Pakistan border 6 killed and 28 wounded (Soviet side); 200–250 killed (Afghan mujahideen side). Two of the Soviet soldiers, Vyacheslav Aleksandrov and Andrey Melnikov, posthumously awarded the Gold Star of the Hero.[42][43]
Operation Arrow October 23-November 7, 1988 Laghman Province 18 killed and 53 wounded (Afghan Mujahideen side); 500 killed and wounded, and 223 captured (Afghanistan/ DRA side) This was a military offensive by Mjuahideen.[44]
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan May 15, 1988 – February 15, 1989 Democratic Republic of Afghanistan 523 killed (Soviet side) Unknown fatalities (Afghan Mujahideen side).[45]
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Civil war

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Name Date Location Deaths, Wounded and Captures Notes
Mass bombardment of Kabul by Hezb-i Islami 1992–1993 Kabul 50,000 [46][47]
Afshar massacre by Sayyaf's Ittihad-e-Islami February 10–11, 1993 Kabul 570–750 4,000–6,000 deaths in total
700–750 kidnapped by Ittihad and presumed dead
Mass bombardment of Kabul by Hezb-i Islami January 1994 Kabul 24,000
Mass bombardment of Kabul by the Taliban 1995 Kabul 800–4,000
1995 attack on the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul September 6, 1995 Kabul 1 killed and 26 wounded [48][49]
15 massacre campaigns by the Taliban and Al-Qaeda 1996–2 001 Northern, central and western Afghanistan +15,000 United Nations: "These are the same type of war crimes as were committed in Bosnia and should be prosecuted in national courts".[50] See some campaigns listed below. The Hazara claim the Taliban executed 15,000 of their people in their campaign through northern and central Afghanistan.[51]
Mazar-i-Sharif massacre by Junbish May and July 1997 Mazar-i-Sharif Up to 3,000 Junbish general Abdul Malik Pahlawan "is widely believed to have been responsible for the brutal massacre of up to 3,000 Taliban prisoners after inviting them into Mazar-i-Sharif."[52][53]
Battles of Mazar-i-Sharif (1997–1998) May 22, 1997-August 14, 1998 Near Mazar-i-Sharif, Northern Afghanistan May to July 1997: about 3000 killed or wounded; September to December 1997: 86 civilians killed; 8 August 1998: 1400 soldiers from the Hazara army and additional 8000+ noncombatant killed [53][54]
Anti-Hazara massacre in Mazar-i-Sharif August 8–10, 1998 Mazar-i-Sharif 2,000 to 20,000 [55][56][57]
Taliban starvation of refugees 1998 Northern Afghanistan Thousands Denial of UN emergency food supplies to 160,000 starving refugees by the Taliban[58]
Istalif campaign by the Taliban and Al-Qaeda 1999 Istalif Unknown Nity with 45,000 homes razed completely[59]
Gosfandi massacre by the Taliban 1999 Gosfandi District, Sar-e Pol 96 The Taliban were accused of committing five massacres in the Gosfandi district in the 1990s.[60]
Deliberate destruction of civilian livelihood 1999 Shomali Plain Hundreds of thousands Civilians killing, torture, mass rape and other atrocities reported[61]
Robatak Pass killings January 14, 2000 pass connecting the settlements of Tashkurgan and Pule Khumri 31 Taliban perpetrated the mass murders. 26 of the victims were Ismaili Hazara from Baghlan province[62]
Civilian killings by the Taliban January 2001 Yakawlang 250–3000
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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

Further information: List of 2021 Afghanistan attacks
  • Note: According to the United Nations, 75–80% of civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan were caused by the Taliban and other "resistance" groups from 2009 to 2011.[63][64][65] This list is incomplete and does not represent these official figures properly.
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Name Date Location Deaths, Wounded and Captures Notes
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi November 25-December 1, 2001 Qala-i-Jangi, Balkh Province 500+
Dasht-i-Leili massacre of Taliban prisoners by Junbish-i Milli December 2001 Dasht-i-Leili desert 250–3000 Taliban prisoners were allegedly shot and/or suffocated to death in metal shipping containers.[66][67][68][69]
2002 Kabul bombing December 5, 2002 Kabul 26 killed and 167 wounded The Taliban, al-Qaeda, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's group have all been suspected.[70][71][72][73]
2004 Deh Rawood bombing January 31, 2004 Deh Rawood, Deh Rawood District, Uruzgan province 8 A Remote-controlled bomb destroyed a vehicle, killing Mayor Khalif Sadaht and seven of his relatives. Five people were wounded.[74][75]
2004 Kunduz attack June 9, 2004 Kunduz, Kunduz Province 11[76][77][78] Eleven Chinese aid workers from Jiangxi province were killed in their compound by a score of armed men in Kunduz, and another 4–5 were wounded[79][80][81][82]
2006 Tarinkot bombing January 5, 2006 Tarinkot, Uruzgan province 11 A suicide bomber carried out an attack in the city of Tirin Kot, in southern Uruzgan province, a few hundred yards away from where US ambassador to Afghanistan Ronald Neumann was meeting with local leaders. The explosion killed at least 10 civilians and wounded approximately 50 others. The US Ambassador was unhurt in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and said the bomb was intended to kill “high-ranking Americans.”[83]
Attempted assassination of Dick Cheney February 27, 2007 Bagram 23 A suicide bombing at the outer gate of the Bagram Airfield left at least 23 people dead and injured 20 others.
2007 Shinwar shooting March 4, 2007 Shinwar District, Nangarhar Province 7–19 killed Killing of Afghan civilians by United States forces. Details of the shooting remains disputed.[84][85]
2007 Helmand Province airstrikes June 22, 2007 Helmand Province 45 At least 45 Afghan civilians were killed in NATO-led airstrikes
2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack January 14, 2008 Kabul 6 to 7 people killed and 6 wounded Taliban claimed responsibility.[86]
2008 Kandahar bombing February 17, 2008 Kandahar 100 killed and 100 wounded Crowd of people who were watching a dog-fighting competition were attacked.[87]
Sarposa prison attack of 2008 June 13, 2008 Kandahar 15 policemen killed from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan side. 10 killed from Taliban side. Reportedly, attack was carried out by Taliban insurgents.[88]
Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike July 6, 2008 Haska Meyna, Haska Meyna District, Nangarhar Province 47
2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul July 7, 2008 Kabul 58 killed and 141 wounded Taliban and Haqqani network are the alleged perpetrators.[89][90][91]
Azizabad airstrike August 22, 2008 Herat Province At least 90 killed An airstrike carried out by United States Air Force.[92][93]
February 2009 raids on Kabul February 11, 2009 Kabul 21 killed and 57 wounded Series of strikes by the Taliban against Afghan government targets.[94][95]
Granai airstrike May 4, 2009 Granai, Farah Province 86 to 147 killed Airstrike carried out by the United States Air Force.[96]
2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing August 15, 2009 Kabul 7 killed and 91 wounded Attack was carried out by a Taliban suicide bomber.[97]
2009 Kandahar bombing August 25, 2009 Kandahar 43 killed and 65+ wounded The Taliban were thought to be responsible.[98][99] The target was apparently the headquarters of a Japanese construction company.[100]
2009 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul Haqqani network October 8, 2009 Kabul 17 killed and 83 wounded The Taliban were the alleged perpetrators.[101][102]
2009 UN guest house attack in Kabul October 28, 2009 Kabul 11 killed Five UN staff, two Afghan security personnel and an Afghan civilians were killed.[103]
January 2010 Kabul attack January 18, 2010 Kabul 12 killed and 71 wounded Taliban gunmen were the reported perpetrators.[104]
Uruzgan helicopter attack February 21, 2010 Uruzgan 27–3 3 Killing of Afghan civilians, including over 20 men, four women and one child, by United States Army with another 12 civilians wounded
February 2010 Kabul attack February 28, 2010 Kabul 18 killed and 36 wounded Taliban, Lashkar-e-Taiba is reported as perpetrator.[105][106]
Maywand District killings January-May 2010 Kandahar province 3 killed A group of U.S. Army soldiers are the reported perpetrators.[107][108][109][110][111][112][113]
May 2010 Kabul bombing May 18, 2010 Kabul 18 killed and 52 wounded Taliban are the reported perpetrators.[114][115][116][117]
Nadahan wedding bombing June 9, 2010 Nagahan, Arghandab District, Kandahar Province 40 at least 40 civilians were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a wedding in the Arghandab District of southern Kandahar Province
2010 Badakhshan massacre by the Taliban August 6, 2010 Badakhshan 10 killed Victims were 6 Americans, 2 Afghans, 1 Briton and 1 German.[118][119][120][121][122][123][124]
Kabul Bank shooting by the Taliban February 19, 2011 Jalalabad 40 killed and 73+ wounded Aljazeera reported that at least seven suicide bombers stormed a branch of the Kabul Bank.[125][126]
2011 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack June 28, 2011 Kabul 21 killed Taliban were reported as perpetrator.[127][128][129]
September 2011 Kabul attack September 13, 2011 Kabul 7 killed and 15 wounded Taliban were the reported perpetrator.[130][131][132][133][134]
2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings December 6, 2011 Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif 80+ killed and 160+ wounded Suicide bombing in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif is reported as the cause for fatalities.[135][136][137]
Kandahar massacre March 11, 2012 Kandahar province 16 killed and 6 wounded Robert Bales is the reported perpetrator.[138][139]
April 2012 Afghanistan attacks April 15–1 6, 2012 Kabul 47 killed and 44 wounded Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network are reported as perpetrators.[140][141][142][143]
11 June 2013 Kabul bombing June 11, 2012 Kabul 17 killed and 39 wounded Taliban took responsibility for the attack.[144][145][146][147]
2013 Afghan presidential palace attack June 25, 2012 Kabul 11 killed Taliban were the reported perpetrators.[148]
Forward Operating Base Delhi Massacre by the Taliban August 10, 2012 Helmand Province 3 killed and 1 wounded Chai Boy of Afghan District Police Chief Sarwar Jan was the reported perpetrator.[149][150][151]
January 2014 Kabul restaurant attack January 17, 2014 Kabul 22 killed Taliban were reported as perpetrator.[152][153][154]
2014 Kabul Serena Hotel shooting March 20, 2014 Kabul 9 killed and 2 wounded Taliban were reported as perpetrator.[155][156][157][158]
2014 Paktika car bombing July 15, 2014 Paktika 89 killed and 42 wounded Haqqani network were the reported perpetrator.[159][160]
2014 Yahyakhel suicide bombing November 23, 2014 Yahya Khel District, Paktika Province 61 killed It was a suicide bombing.[161][162]
December 2014 Kabul bombings December 11, 2014 Kabul 12 killed and 7 injured Taliban gunmen were the reported perpetrators.[163][164]
2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack March 13, 2015 Shāre Naw, Kabul 14 killed and 6 wounded The Taliban were thought to be responsible.[165][166][167][168][169]
2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing April 18, 2015 Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province 33 killed and 100 wounded Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province were the reported perpetrator.[170][171][172]
2015 Kabul Parliament attack June 22, 2015 Kabul 9 killed and 40 wounded Terrorist attack against Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai.[173][174]
7 August 2015 Kabul attacks August 7, 2015 Kabul 50+ killed and 500+ wounded Taliban were reported as perpetrator.[175][176][177][178]
10 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing August 10, 2015 Kabul 5 killed and 16 wounded The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.[179][180]
22 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing August 22, 2015 Kabul 10 killed and 60 wounded Part of Taliban insurgency.[181][182]
Kunduz hospital airstrike October 3, 2015 Kunduz Province 42 killed and at least 30 injured A United States Air Force AC-130U gunship attacked the Kunduz Trauma Centre operated by Médecins Sans Frontières.[183]
2015 Zabul beheading by Islamic State November 9, 2015 Zabul Province 7 killed Islamic State is the reported perpetrator.[184][185]
2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul April 19, 2016 Kabul 9 killed and 7 wounded The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.[186][187][188]
April 2016 Kabul attack April 19, 2016 Kabul 69 killed and 367 wounded Taliban are the reported perpetrators.[189][190][191]
Kabul attack on Canadian Embassy guards June 20, 2016 Kabul 16 killed and 9 wounded Attack claimed to be conducted by the Taliban or the Islamic State in Khorasan Province.[192][193]
July 2016 Kabul bombing July 23, 2016 Kabul 97+ killed and 260 wounded Islamic State – Khorasan Province are the reported perpetrator.[194][195][196][197]
American University of Afghanistan attack August 24, 2016 Kabul 20 killed and 53+ wounded Taliban were the reported perpetrator.[198][199]
September 2016 Kabul attacks September 5–6, 2016 Kabul 42 to 58 killed and 109 wounded Taliban were the reported perpetrator.[200][201][202]
January 2017 Afghanistan bombings January 10, 2017 Kabul, Kandahar, and in Lashkargah 68+ to 98+ killed and 94+ wounded Taliban (claimed the first and the third bombing, denied responsibility of the second bombing)
Haqqani network (suspected of the second bombing).[203][204][205]
March 2017 Kabul attack March 8, 2017 Daoud Khan Military Hospital, Kabul 49–100+ killed and 63+ wounded The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed to have carried out the attack, but officials suspected the Haqqani network instead.[206][207][208]"[209]
2017 Camp Shaheen attack April 21, 2017 Mazar-e-Sharif All killed (Taliban and Haqqani network side), and 140–256 killed and 160+ wounded (Afghan soldiers side) This was an attack on Afghan National Army by at least ten Taliban fighters.[210][211][212][213]
May 2017 Kabul attack May 31, 2017 Kabul 90–150+ killed and 413+ wounded Fatalities and casualties were caused by Truck bomb.[214][215][216][217]
20 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks October 20, 2017 Kabul 60+ Suicide bombing[218][219]
28 December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing December 28, 2017 Kabul 50 killed and 80 wounded Attack was reported as Anti-Shi'ism.[220][221] The attack killed 50 people and injured over 80.[222]
2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack January 20, 2018 Kabul 46 killed and 14 wounded Taliban were the reported perpetrator.[223][224][225][226]
Kabul ambulance bombing January 27, 2018 Kabul 103 killed and 235 wounded Taliban were the reported perpetrators.[227][228][229]
March 2018 Kabul suicide bombing March 21, 2018 Kabul 34 killed and 65 wounded Attack was reported as Anti-Shi'ism.[230][231][232][233]
22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing April 22, 2018 Kabul 69 killed and 120 wounded Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province were the reported perpetrator.[234][235][236]
30 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombings April 30, 2018 Kabul 29 killed and 50 wounded Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province were the reported perpetrators.[237][238][239][240]
August 2018 Gardez mosque attack August 3, 2018 Gardez, Paktika Province 48 (including two perpetrators) Two militants dressed in burqa entered a Shiite mosque in the town of Gardez in the province of Paktia and opened fire. Both attackers later blew themselves up.
September 2018 Kabul attacks September 6, 2018 Kabul 26 91 wounded
2019 Kabul mosque bombing July 1, 2019 Kabul 3 20 wounded
1 July 2019 Kabul attack July 1, 2019 Kabul 45 105 wounded
2019 Ghazni bombing by the Taliban July 7, 2019 Ghazni 15 180 wounded
28 July 2019 Kabul suicide bombing July 28, 2019 Kabul 20+ killed and 50 wounded Four gunmen stormed the building and laid siege for hours before killed.[241][242]
7 August 2019 Kabul bombing August 7, 2019 Kabul 14 killed and 145 wounded A suicide car bomb exploded at a security checkpoint outside a police station.[243][244][245]
17 August 2019 Kabul bombing August 17, 2019 Kabul 92 killed and 142 wounded Suicide bombing occurred in a wedding hall.[246][247][248][249]
2 and 5 September 2019 Kabul bombings September 2 and 5, 2019 Kabul 28 killed and 159+ wounded Victims were Afghans and foreign nationals.[250]
17 September 2019 Afghanistan bombings September 17, 2019 Charikar, Kabul 50 killed and 80 wounded Attacks were carried out with two different suicide bombers in sperate locations.
2019 Qalat bombing September 19, 2019 Qalati Ghilji 40 killed and 140+ wounded Suicide car bombing outside a hospital in Qalati Ghilji is the reported cause.[251][252][253]
6 March 2020 Kabul shooting March 6, 2020 Kabul 32 killed and 82 wounded Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province is the reported perpetrator.[254][255]
Kabul gurdwara attack March 25, 2020 Kabul 25 killed and 8+ wounded Abu Khalid al-Hindi is reported as peretrator.[256][257][258][259]
2020 Kabul University attack November 2, 2020 Kabul 35 killed and 50 wounded The attack was carried out by ISIS-K.[260]
Murders of Enikass Radio workers by Islamic State March 2, 2021 Jalalabad 3 women killed. [261]
2021 Kabul school bombing May 8, 2021 Dashte Barchi 90 killed and 240 wounded The attack was carried out by ISIS-K.[262][263][264][265][266][267][268]
2021 Kabul hospital attack November 2, 2021 Kabul 30+ killed and 50+ wounded The attack was carried out by ISIS-K.[269]
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Present day Taliban era

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Name Date Location Death, Wounded and Captured Notes
2021 Kabul airport attack August 26, 2021 Kabul Province 183 killed and 150+ injured The 182 fatalities include 170 Afghan civilians and 13 members of the United States military.[270][271]
August 2021 Kabul drone strike August 29, 2021 Kabul 10 killed Drone strike carried out by United States Central Command.[272]
Sayed Abad mosque bombing October 8, 2021 Kunduz Province 50+ killed and 143 wounded Suicide attack by ISIS-K.[273]
2021 Kandahar Shia Mosque bombing October 15, 2021 Kandahar province 65 killed and 70+ wounded Suicide attack by ISIS-K.[274][275][276]
Herat bus bombing January 22, 2022 Herat 7 killed and 9 wounded Bomb was attached to the vehicle's fuel tank.[277][278][279][280]
2022 Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan April 16, 2022 Spera District, Khost Province and Kunar Province 47 killed and 23 wounded This was part of the insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes.[281][282]
April 2022 Kabul school bombing April 19, 2022 Kabul 6 killed and 25 wounded This attack is described as part of Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State.[283]
2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing April 21, 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province 31 killed and 87 wounded Attack by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province.[284][285][286]
2022 Kunduz mosque bombing April 22, 2022 Kunduz 33 killed and 43 wounded Islamic State – Khorasan Province is reported as the suspected attacker.[287]
28 April 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif bombings April 28, 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province 11 killed and 13 wounded Double bombing targeted public transportation.[288][289][290][291]
April 2022 Kabul mosque bombing April 29, 2022 Kabul 10–50+ killed and 30 wounded Attack occurred in the holy month of Ramadan.[292][293][294][295]
May 2022 Kabul mosque bombing May 25, 2022 Kabul 5–11+ killed and 17 wounded Explosives detonated during the Maghrib prayer.[296][297][298]
2022 Mazar-i-Sharif minivan bombings May 25, 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province 9 killed and 15 wounded Attacks believed to have been directed at Afghan Shia passengers.[299][300]
5 August 2022 Kabul bombing August 5, 2022 Kabul 8 killed and 18 wounded Attack by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province.[301][302][303]
August 2022 Kabul mosque bombing August 17, 2022 Kabul 21+ killed and 33+ wounded Islamic State – Khorasan Province (suspected) for perpetrating the attack.[304][305][306][307]
2022 Herat mosque bombing September 2, 2022 Herat 19 killed and 23 wounded Islamic State – Khorasan Province (suspected) for perpetrating the attack.[308]
Bombing of the Russian embassy in Kabul September 5, 2022 Kabul 8–10+ and 15–20 wounded Islamic State – Khorasan Province (suspected) for perpetrating the attack.[309][310][311][312]
September 2022 Kabul mosque bombing September 23, 2022 Kabul 7 killed and 41 wounded Explosion happened as worshippers leave the mosque after finishing Friday prayers.[313][314][315]
September 2022 Kabul school bombing September 30, 2022 Kabul 25-52 killed, and 110 wounded Attack occurred at the Kaaj education center. The majority of the victims were young female students.[316][317][318][319]
December 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif bombing December 6, 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province 7 killed and 6 wounded Bomb was planted on the side of the road.[320][321][322][323]
2022 Kabul hotel attack December 12, 2022 Kabul 6 killed and 18 wounded Islamic State – Khorasan Province (suspected) for perpetrating the attack.[324][325][326][327]
2023 Kabul airport bombing January 1, 2023 Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul 20 killed and 30 wounded Attack by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province[328][329]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan bombing January 11, 2023 Kabul 20+ killed Suicide bombing by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province[330][331]
November 2023 Kabul bombing November 7, 2023 Kabul 7 killed and 20 wounded Attack by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province[332][333]
2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing March 21, 2024 Kandahar 21+ killed and 50+ wounded Suicide bombing by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province[334][335][336][337]
2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing September 2, 2024 Kabul 7 killed (including the perpetrator) and 13 wounded Suicide bombing by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province[338][339]
2026 Kabul hospital airstrike March 16 2026 Kabul 269+ killed and 122+injured Airstrike by the PAF.[340]
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