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20 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks

Kabul

Kabul (Afghanistan)

On 20 October 2017, suicide bombers attacked mosquesinKabul and Ghor Province, Afghanistan, killing at least 60 people.^[1][2]

During Friday prayers on 20 October 2017, a gunman entered Imam Zaman, a Shia mosque in Kabul.^[1][2] He opened fire, then detonated a bomb - killing about 40 people.^[1][2]

During Friday prayers on the same day, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a Sunni mosque in Ghor Province, killing at least 20 people.^[1][2]

Islamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the Kabul attack.^[2]

In 2017, insurgents carried out many attacks in Afghanistan, including several in October.^[2] Major attacks included those which killed over 70 peopleinGardez and Ghazni on 17 October and a double suicide bombing which killed 43 Afghan soldiersinKandahar Province on 19 October.^[2]

• List of terrorist incidents linked to Islamic State – Khorasan Province
• List of terrorist attacks in Kabul

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