2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing

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]}

2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing
Part of Islamic State–Taliban conflict
Kandahar 2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing (Afghanistan)
Location	Kandahar, Afghanistan
Coordinates	31°37′12″N 65°42′57″E
Date	21 March 2024; 11 months 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

Hospital staff stated that the dead included several members of the Taliban.^[7]

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 both condemned the attack.^[19][20]

See also

• List of terrorist incidents linked to Islamic State – Khorasan Province
• List of terrorist incidents in 2024
• List of massacres in Afghanistan

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