On 1 January 2023, a bombing occurred at a checkpoint outside the military airport in Kabul, located about 200 metres from the civilian Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan.[1] It killed and injured several people.[1][2][3] The following day, on 2 January, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing on Telegram, stating 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]
| 2023 Kabul airport bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Islamic State–Taliban conflict | |
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| Location | Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Coordinates | 34°33′31″N 69°13′13″E / 34.55861°N 69.22028°E |
| Date | 1 January 2023 |
| Target | Taliban members |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Deaths | 20 |
| Injured | 30 |
| Perpetrators | Islamic State - Khorasan Province |
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edit- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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