21 March 2024; 47 days ago (2024-03-21) 8:00 (UTC+04:30)
Target
Taliban
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Weapons
Explosive belt
Deaths
21+[1]
Injured
50+[1]
Perpetrator
Islamic State – Khorasan Province[1]
Assailant
Asadbek Madiyarov
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Islamic State–Taliban conflict
Battles
1st Darzab
2nd Darzab
Kunar
Attacks
1st Kabul airport
1st Kunduz mosque
Kandahar mosque
Kabul hospital
Mazar-i-Sharif mosque
2nd Kunduz mosque
Mazar-i-Sharif
Mazar-i-Sharif minivan
1st Kabul mosque
Kabul funeral
2nd Kabul mosque
Herat mosque
Russian embassy
3rd Kabul mosque
Kabul school
Aybak madrasa
Kabul hotel
2nd Kabul airport
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Fayzabad mosque
Pul-i-Khumri
Kabul minibus
Kandahar bank
Other
Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
On 21 March 2024, ISIS–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]
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 condemned the attack.[19][20]
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