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Suicide attack in Afghanistan
2022 Herat mosque bombing
Part of Afghanistan conflict, Islamic State–Taliban conflict
Herat
Herat (Afghanistan)
Location
Herat, Afghanistan
Date
2 September 2022 (2022-09-02)
Target
Mujib Rahman Ansari
Weapons
Explosive belt
Deaths
19 (including the perpetrator)
Injured
23
Perpetrators
Islamic State – Khorasan Province (suspected)
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Afghan conflict
Saur Revolution (1978)
Herat uprising (1979)
Chindawol uprising (1979)
Bala Hissar uprising (1979)
Soviet–Afghan War (1979–89)
Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
Islamic State–Taliban conflict (2015–present)
Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
On 2 September 2022, a suicide bombing occurred at a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan.[1]
During Friday noon prayers, a suicide bombing occurred at Guzargah Mosque, which is Sunni and is located in the west of Herat city in northwestern Afghanistan.[1] At least 18 people were killed, including its imam, Mujib Rahman Ansari, who was a Taliban supporter.[1]
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