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2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing

2024 suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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On September 2, 2024, a suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body outside a government building in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, killing six people and injuring 13 others.

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Background

The IS–Taliban conflict is an ongoing insurgency that began in 2015 between the militant groups the Islamic State and the Taliban.

Attack

A man with an explosive vest strapped to his body detonated the explosives outside the General Directorate for Monitoring and Follow-up of Decrees and Directives in the Qala Bakhtiar neighbourhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing 6 people and injuring 13 others.[1][2]

Victims

The six people killed, including a woman, and thirteen injured were all civilians,[3][4] including some of the building's employees.

Responses

The Kabul police stated they were investigating the attack.[5]

Islamic State claimed responsibility on September 3, 2024, claiming they had killed and wounded at least 45 people, but the claim is unconfirmed.[6]

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