2023 Kabul airport bombing

On 1 January 2023, a bombing at a checkpoint outside the military airport in Kabul, located about 200 metres from the civilian Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan killed and injured several people.^[1][2][3] The following day, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing on Telegram, claiming to have killed 20 people and injured 30. The Taliban-run ministry of interior denied those numbers, saying it would be releasing an official toll.^[4]

2023 Kabul airport bombing
Part of the Islamic State–Taliban conflict
Location	Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan
Coordinates	34°33′31″N 69°13′13″E
Date	1 January 2023; 23 months ago (2023-01-01)
Target	Taliban members
Attack type	Bombing
Deaths	20
Injured	30
Perpetrators	Islamic State - Khorasan Province

See also

• List of terrorist incidents linked to Islamic State – Khorasan Province
• 2021 Kabul airport attack
• List of terrorist attacks in Kabul
• List of terrorist incidents in 2023
• List of massacres in Afghanistan

References

1. "Taliban: Kabul checkpoint bomb blast kills, wounds several". Associated Press. 1 January 2023. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
2. "Several Killed, Wounded In Blast Near Kabul Military Airfield". Barron's. Agence France-Presse. 1 January 2023. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
3. Yawar, Mohammad Yunus; Peshiman, Gibran (1 January 2023). Fullick, Neil; Kim, Coghill (eds.). "Blast outside Kabul's military airport, multiple casualties, interior ministry says". Reuters. Kabul. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
4. Awadallah, Nadine; Yawar, Mohammad Yunus (2 January 2023). Cawthorne, Andrew; MacSwan, Angus (eds.). "Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul attack". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.