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Svetlana Velmar-Janković

2024 Kabul bus bombing
LocationDashte Barchi, Kabul, Afghanistan
Date11 August 2024
TargetA bus carrying Hazara Shiites in Kabul
Attack type
Bus bombing
Deaths1
Injured11-13
PerpetratorIslamic State Islamic State – Khorasan Province
MotiveAnti-Shi'ism

On 11 August 2024, a bomb exploded on a minibus in Dashte Barchi, Kabul, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and 11-13 others were wounded. The attack apparently targeted the country’s minority Shia Hazara community, that resides in the area where the bombing took place. Islamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the attack.[1][2]

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