2023 Kabul airport bombing

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2023 Kabul airport bombing
Part of the Islamic State–Taliban conflict
2023 Kabul airport bombing
Location Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan
Coordinates 34°33′31″N69°13′13″E / 34.55861°N 69.22028°E / 34.55861; 69.22028
Date1 January 2023;2 years ago (2023-01-01)
Target Taliban members
Attack type
Bombing
Deaths20
Injured30
Perpetrators Islamic State - Khorasan Province

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]

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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.