May 2022 Kabul Mosque Bombing

On 25 May 2022, an explosion struck the Hazrat Zakaria Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, during the Maghrib prayer. According to reporting, an improvised explosive device had been hidden inside the mosque and detonated while worshippers were present. At least 5 people were killed and at least 17 others were injured in the blast.

An anonymous Taliban official told reporters that the death toll was higher, stating at least fourteen people were killed, including the mosque's imam. This higher figure had not been independently verified at the time of reporting, and the confirmed toll remained at 5 dead based on available sourcing.

The bombing occurred on the same day as a separate set of attacks in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province, in which at least nine people were killed in three bombings targeting minivans. These attacks are noted as occurring on the same date but are described as distinct incidents from the Kabul mosque bombing.

The United Arab Emirates publicly condemned the mosque bombing as a terrorist action. No individual has been named as charged, convicted, exonerated, or acquitted in connection with this attack based on available sourcing, and no perpetrator has been publicly identified in the retrieved material.

This case remains documented with limited detail. The primary source consulted is a Wikipedia summary of the incident, which itself draws on contemporaneous news coverage. Two additional sources — from Reuters and the Associated Press — are cited by the underlying Wikipedia article as references but were not directly accessible for independent fact verification in this dossier; they are included here as corroborating citations rather than as sources of additional factual detail.

No further details regarding investigation status, claims of responsibility, or prosecutions are available in the sourced material.