2021 Kunduz mosque bombing
On 8 October 2021, an ISIS-K suicide bombing occurred at the Shia Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz. Over 50 people were killed, and another 100 were injured, but according to an estimate by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, more than 100 people were killed and wounded.
| 2021 Kunduz mosque bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Islamic State–Taliban conflict and the 2021 Afghanistan attacks | |
Kunduz Kunduz (Afghanistan) | |
| Location | Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque, Kunduz, Afghanistan |
| Coordinates | 36°43′41″N 68°52′35″E |
| Date | 8 October 2021 (UTC+04:30) |
| Target | Shia worshippers |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Deaths | 50+ |
| Injured | 143 |
| Perpetrators | Islamic State – Khorasan Province |
| Motive | Taliban support for Chinese expulsion of Uyghurs, Chinese repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang |
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