2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing

2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing
Part of the Islamic State–Taliban conflict
LocationQala Bakhtiar neighbourhood, Kabul, Afghanistan
DateSeptember 2, 2024
TargetCivilians, Taliban members
Attack type
Suicide bombing
WeaponExplosive vest
Deaths7 (including the perpetrator)
Injured13
Perpetrators Islamic State – Khorasan Province
No. of participants
1
MotiveRetaliation for Muslim prisoners in Taliban prisons

On September 2, 2024, a suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body outside a government building in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, killing six people and injuring 13 others.