2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank Bombing

On 21 March 2024, a suicide bombing targeted a branch of the New Kabul Bank in Kandahar, Afghanistan, at approximately 8:00 Afghanistan Time (03:30 GMT). According to reporting, the attack killed at least 21 people and injured at least 51 others. The bombing occurred at a time when Taliban workers were gathered at the bank branch to collect their wages, and the attack appears to have targeted this group specifically.

Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS-K) carried out the bombing. Hospital staff who treated casualties stated that the dead included several members of the Taliban, consistent with reports that Taliban personnel were among those present to collect pay at the time of the attack.

The suicide bomber was identified by the pro-Taliban website al-Mirsad as Asadbek Madiyarov, described as a citizen of Uzbekistan. This identification has not been independently confirmed by other named sources in the available reporting.

The attack drew international condemnation, with both Iran and Pakistan issuing statements condemning the bombing.

This entry is based on a single detailed source (Wikipedia's summary of the event) describing the attack, casualties, claimed responsibility, alleged bomber identity, and international reaction. Two additional contemporaneous news outlets—BBC News and ABC News—are known to have covered this event and are included here as corroborating references, though their specific content was not available for direct extraction into this summary.