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22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing

22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing
Part of the War in Afghanistan
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Location	Kabul, Afghanistan
Coordinates	34°31′06″N 69°07′37″E / 34.51833°N 69.12694°E / 34.51833; 69.12694
Date	April 22, 2018 10 a.m. (UTC+4:30)
Target	Shia Hazaras
Attack type	Suicide bombing
Weapons	Suicide vest
Deaths	69
Injured	120
Perpetrators	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province

On 22 April 2018, a suicide bombing killed 70 people and wounded dozens more Sunday at a voter registration center in Koche Mahtab Qala, in the Hazara-majority Dashte Barchi area of western Kabul, Afghanistan.^[1][2] In addition to the fatalities, at least 120 others were injured in the attack.^[3][4]

Reactions[edit]

ISIL's Afghan branch claimed responsibility for the attack through Amaq News Agency, saying it had targeted Shia Hazara.^[5]

Internationally, the attack was condemned by nations including the U.S.,^[6] and organizations including the United Nations.^[7]

See also[edit]

• List of terrorist incidents linked to Islamic State – Khorasan Province
• Wakil Hussain Allahdad
• List of terrorist incidents in March 2018
• List of terrorist attacks in Kabul

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