2021 Kabul school bombing

Bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan

2021 Kabul school bombing

Part of the War in Afghanistan and
the 2021 Afghanistan attacks

Bombing

2021 Kabul school bombing (Kabul)

Location of the school

Location| Kabul, Afghanistan
Date| 8 May 2021
Target| Hazaras

Attack type

| Bombing
Weapons| Car bomb
Deaths| 90
Injured| 240
Perpetrators| Disputed

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On 8 May 2021, a car bombing, followed by two more improvised explosive device (IED) blasts, occurred in front of Sayed al-Shuhada school in Dashte Barchi, a predominantly Shia Hazara area[1][2] in western Kabul, Afghanistan,[3] leaving at least 90 people dead and 240 injured.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] The majority of the casualties were girls between 11 and 15 years old.[11][12] The attack took place in a neighborhood that has frequently been attacked by militants belonging to the regional Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS-K) over the years.[2][13]

Following the attack, residents of Dashte Barchi expressed anger over the lack of security in the area.[14] The residents said the government has not done enough to secure Dashte Barchi, in spite of knowing it has repeatedly come under attack from militants belonging to IS-K. Many of the residents held Afghan president Ashraf Ghani responsible for the attack and raised loud chants against the Afghan government and security forces.[14]

## Background[edit]

The Dashte Barchi area of Kabul is populated by members of Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic group.[15] In 2018, 34 people were killed in a school bombing and around 24 people were killed in an attack on a wrestling club in the area.[16] In 2020, 24 people were killed in an attack on maternity hospital and around 30 were killed when Kawsar-e-Danish tutoring center was attacked in the same area. Islamic State affiliates (IS) claimed responsibility for most of the attacks.[16] Most Hazaras practice Shia Islam and are considered heretics by the IS.[15] The Taliban also target the Hazaras for violent persecution, and they have also opposed education for girls, particularly teenagers.[17]

Afghanistan in general had also seen a large increase in fighting between Afghan security forces and Taliban insurgents as both sides work to gain territory over strategic areas seen with the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops.[18]

## Attack[edit]

A car bomb exploded in front of the entrance of Sayed al-Shuhada school.[19] The school teaches both boys and girls in three shifts, the second being for females.[20]

A school teacher described that "a car bomb blast happened first, and then two more explosions occurred near the girls school in Kabul".[21] An Interior Ministry spokesman backed the statement stating the initial explosion was a car bomb followed by two IEDs.[22]

One of the injured students recounted that she was leaving the school when the explosion occurred, and about ten minutes later there was another explosion, followed by another minutes later. She continued that everyone was disoriented and screaming, with blood, debris and personal belongings scattered around the yard.[23]

## Casualties[edit]

In the immediate aftermath of the bombing, 58 people were killed and more than 160 others were wounded. A day after the attack, the death toll rose to 85.[5][24] The majority of the victims were schoolgirls under the age of 18.[25] A hospital programme coordinator for the hospital where most of the wounded were transported claimed the patients were aged mostly between 12 and 20 years old.[23]

## Aftermath[edit]

Condolences outside Afghan embassy in Tehran

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani condemned the terrorist attack and called 11 May as a national day of mourning in wake of the incident.[26][27] President Ashraf Ghani blamed the Taliban for the attack, but Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid denied involvement in the attack, in a message released to the media.[22][28] Taliban spokesman also condemned the attack and held the Islamic State responsible for the attack. Additionally, he accused Afghanistan's intelligence agency of being complicit with IS.[13]

Many family members of the victims condemned the perceived inaction by the government to protect the population. One relative said; "The government reacts after the incident; it doesn't do anything before the incident".[23] The residents of Dashte Barchi reported that it took at least one hour for the officials to reach the scene. The delay in arrival of police, intelligence and ambulances on the scene angered the crowd who then started attacking the ambulance and police vehicles.[14] Many of the residents held Ghani responsible for the attack and raised loud chants against the Afghan government and security forces.[14]

## See also[edit]

* List of terrorist attacks in Kabul
* List of mass car bombings
* List of terrorist incidents in 2021
* Persecution of Hazara people
* Explosions on 21 April 2022 in Afghanistan

## References[edit]

1. ^ FRANTZMAN, SETH J. "Was the latest attack in Afghanistan on Shi'ite women an act of genocide?". The Jerusalem Post.
2. ^ a b "Blasts kill dozens near school in Afghan capital Kabul". Al Jazeera English. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
3. ^ "Kabul attack: Blast near school leaves at least 30 dead". BBC News. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
4. ^ "کفش بدست در جستجوی گمشدگان انفجار مکتب سیدالشهدا؛ آمنه و شکریه کجا هستند؟". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
5. ^ a b Jennifer Deaton and Sheena McKenzie. "Death toll rises to 85 in Afghanistan girls' school bomb attack". CNN. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
6. ^ "School bombing heightens fears among Afghanistan's Hazaras, long a target for militants, amid U.S. exit". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
7. ^ "At least 68 killed in Afghan school blast, families bury victims". Reuters. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
8. ^ "Kabul attack: Blasts near school leave more than 50 dead". Retrieved 9 May 2021.
9. ^ "Bombing Outside Afghan School Kills at Least 50, With Girls as Targets". The New York Times. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
10. ^ "Blasts Near Girls' School in Kabul; 30 People Killed". TOLOnews. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
11. ^ "Bomb kills at least 30 near girls' school in Afghan capital". Associated Press. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
12. ^ Janjua, Haroon; Ray, Saptarshi (10 May 2021). "Kabul attack: Dozens of schoolgirls die in triple bombings in Afghanistan". The Times. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
13. ^ a b "Bomb kills at least 30 near girls' school in Afghan capital". NBC News. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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15. ^ a b "Kabul attack: Families bury schoolchildren of blast that killed dozens". BBC News. 10 May 2021.
16. ^ a b "Death toll soars to 50 in school bombing in Afghan capital". ABC News. 9 May 2021.
17. ^ Nossiter, Adam (9 May 2021). "'Why Do We Deserve to Die?' Kabul's Hazaras Bury Their Daughters". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
18. ^ Latifi, Ali (9 May 2021). "Grief and despair in aftermath of Kabul girls' school bombings". NBC News. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
19. ^ "Car bombing at Afghan school in Kabul kills 55, injures over 150". Reuters. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
20. ^ "Blasts targeting Afghan school in Kabul kill 40, injures dozens". National Post. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
21. ^ "Blasts Near Girls' School in Kabul; 25 People Killed". TOLOnews. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
22. ^ a b Jennifer Hauser. "At least 50 killed and over 100 wounded in blast near Kabul girls' school". CNN. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
23. ^ a b c Faiez, Rahim (8 May 2021). "Death toll soars to 50 in bombing near girls' school in Afghanistan". FOX 11. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
24. ^ "School bombing heightens fears among Afghanistan's Hazaras, long a target for militants, amid U.S. exit". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
25. ^ "At least 85 killed in Afghan school blast, families bury victims". Reuters. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
26. ^ "Afghan President condemns Kabul bombing, calls for national day of mourning". Retrieved 10 May 2021.
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* Khuzdar bombing
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* Aden bombings (Dec)
* Botroseya bombing
* Al-Karak
* Berlin
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2017|

* Istanbul nightclub shooting
* Baghdad bombings (2 Jan)
* Azaz bombing (Jan)
* Sehwan bombing
* Kabul (Mar)
* Westminster
* St Petersburg Metro bombing
* Egypt church bombings
* Mastung bombing
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* Jakarta bombings
* Minya
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* London Bridge
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* Tehran
* Pakistan attacks (Jun)
* Hurghada
* Quetta bombing (Aug)
* Barcelona
* Brussels (Aug)
* Nasiriyah
* Afghanistan (20 Oct)
* Sinai mosque
* Kabul bombing (28 Dec)
* Saint Menas church

2018|

* Baghdad bombings
* Save The Children Jalalabad
* Kizlyar church shooting
* Kabul bombing (Mar)
* Carcasonne & Trèbes
* Kabul bombing (22 Apr)
* Kabul bombings (30 Apr)
* Tripoli
* Mako Brimob standoff
* Paris knife
* Surabaya bombings
* Liège
* Jalalabad bombing (Jul)
* Mastung & Bannu bombings
* Quetta bombing
* As-Suwayda
* September Kabul
* Ahvaz military parade
* Minya bus
* Melbourne stabbing

2019|

* Jolo Cathedral bombings
* Sri Lanka Easter bombings
* Sainthamaruthu shootout
* Kabul bombing (17 Aug)

2020|

* 6 March Kabul shooting
* Kabul gurdwara
* May Afghanistan
* Jalalabad prison
* Jolo bombings
* Kabul University
* Vienna
* December Afghanistan

2021|

* Machh
* January Baghdad bombings
* Kabul school bombing
* Kabul airport
* Kunduz bombing
* Kandahar bombing
* Kampala bombings
* Kabul hospital

2022|

* Diyala massacre
* Peshawar mosque
* Hadera shooting
* Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing
* Mazar-i-Sharif minivan bombings
* Bourasso and Namissiguima
* 5 August Kabul bombing
* August Kabul mosque bombing
* Shah Cheragh
* Kabul hotel

2023|

* Kabul airport bombing
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan bombing
* Al-Sukhnah
* Hama
* Khar bombing
* Arras school stabbing
* Brussels shooting

Politics and organization|

* Finances
* Ideology
* Medicare
* Military
* armoured warfare
* Human rights
* Genocide of Christians
* Persecution of Shias
* Genocide of Yazidis
* Genocide of Turkmen
* Persecution of gay and bisexual men
* Killing of captives
* Beheading incidents
* Destruction of cultural heritage
* Occupation of Mosul
* Executions in Mosul

Relations|

* Iran and the Islamic State
* Philippines and the Islamic State
* United Kingdom and the Islamic State
* Trinidad and Tobago and the Islamic State
* Foreign fighters
* Name changes due to the Islamic State
* Portrayal of the Islamic State in American media
* Connection with Saddam Regime and Baath Party

Society|

* Members
* Terrorist cell in Brussels
* Territorial claims
* al-Barakah district
* Collaboration

Media|

* A Second Message to America
* Al-Bayan
* AlFurat Media Center
* AlHayat Media Center
* Al-Naba
* Amaq News Agency
* Dar al-Islam
* Dabiq
* Dawlat al-Islam Qamat
* Huroof
* I'lam foundation
* Istok
* Konstantiniyye
* Rumiyah
* Salil al-Sawarim

Related topics|

* Defeating ISIS
* ISIS-chan
* Islamism
* Millenarianism
* Sexual violence in the Iraqi insurgency
* Shia–Sunni relations
* Slavery in 21st-century jihadism
* Theocracy

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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

Overview|

* Prelude
* History
* Timeline
* Operations
* Logistics
* Impact
* International Security Assistance Force
* Taliban insurgency
* Drone strikes in Pakistan
* Withdrawal of U.S. troops
* 2011–2016
* 2020–2021
* Resolute Support Mission
* Evacuation

Casualties
and losses|

* Afghan forces
* Civilian
* 2001–2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2011
* 2012
* Coalition
* United States
* United Kingdom
* Canadian
* German
* Norwegian
* Aviation incidents

Timeline|

| 2001|

* Bombing of Kandahar
* Fall of Mazar-i-Sharif
* Siege of Kunduz
* Herat uprising
* Fall of Kabul
* Battle of Tarinkot
* Fall of Kandahar
* Battle of Qala-i-Jangi
* Dasht-i-Leili massacre
* Battle of Shawali Kowt
* Battle of Sayyd Alma Kalay
* Battle of Tora Bora

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2002
–2006|

* 2002
* Guantanamo Bay
* Uruzgan bombing
* Kabul bombing
* 2003
* Pakistan Embassy in Kabul attack
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006

2007|

* Shinwar shooting
* Hyderabad airstrike
* Nangar Khel incident
* Helmand airstrikes
* Baghlan bombing
* Bagram bombing
* South Korean hostage crisis

2008|

* Haska Meyna airstrike
* Azizabad airstrike
* Wech Bagtu airstrike
* Kabul Indian embassy bombing
* Kabul S Hotel attack
* Kidnapping of David Rohde
* Sarposa attack
* Kandahar bombing
* Spin Boldak bombing

2009|

* Granai airstrike
* Kunduz airstrike
* Narang raid
* February Kabul raids
* Kabul Indian embassy bombing
* Kandahar bombing
* NATO HQ bombing
* Camp Chapman attack
* Battle of Sabzak

2010|

* January Kabul attack
* Raid on Khataba
* February Kabul attack
* Uruzgan attack
* Sangin airstrike
* Maywand murders
* Tarok Kolache
* Nadahan bombing
* May Kabul bombing
* Badakhshan massacre
* Operation Halmazag

2011|

* Mano Gai airstrike
* Sarposa prison escape
* Bin Laden raid
* Logar bombing
* I-C Hotel Kabul attack
* Nimruz bombing
* Zabul bombing
* Chinook shootdown
* Helmand killing
* Pakistani border attack
* Ashura bombings

2012|

* Order of battle
* Urination video
* Kapisa airstrike
* Quran burning protests
* April attacks
* Forward Operating Base Delhi massacre
* Kandahar massacre
* September Camp Bastion raid
* Shesh Aba raid
* Body pictures

2013|

* Farah attack
* June Kabul bombings
* Presidential palace attack
* Herat U.S. consulate attack
* Jalalabad Indian consulate bombing

2014|

* Kabul S Hotel attack
* Herat Indian consulate attack
* Bagram bombing
* Paktika bombing
* Yahyakhel bombing
* December Kabul bombings
* Atiqullah Raufi assassination

2015|

* Park Palace attack
* Kabul Parliament attack
* Khost bombing
* April Jalalabad bombing
* 7 August Kabul attacks
* 10 August Kabul bombing
* 22 August Kabul bombing
* Ghazni prison escape
* Battle of Kunduz
* Hospital airstrike
* Kandahar Airport bombing
* Kabul Spanish Embassy attack
* Bagram bombing

2016|

* Nangarhar offensive
* Operation Omari
* April Kabul attack
* Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis
* Kabul Canadian Embassy convoy bombing
* 30 June bombings
* July Kabul bombing
* Janikhel offensive
* AUoA attack
* September Kabul attacks
* Battle of Tarinkot
* Battle of Kunduz
* Battle of Boz Qandahari
* Mazar-i-Sharif German consulate bombing
* Bagram bombing

2017|

* January bombings
* Sangin airstrike
* March Kabul attack
* Nangarhar airstrike
* Camp Shaheen attack
* May Kabul bombing
* June Herat bombing
* Battle of Bora Bora
* June Lashkargar bombing
* August Herat attack
* 17 October attacks
* 20 October attacks
* 28 December Kabul bombing

2018|

* I-C Hotel Kabul attack
* STC Jalalabad attack
* Kabul ambulance bombing
* March Kabul bombing
* Kunduz madrassa attack
* 22 April Kabul bombing
* 30 April Kabul bombings
* Battle of Farah
* July Jalalabad bombing
* Battle of Darzab
* Ghazni offensive
* September Jalalabad bombing

2019|

* Maidan Shar attack
* Camp Shorabak attack
* 2019 Kabul mosque bombing
* 1 July Kabul attack
* Ghazni bombing
* 28 July Kabul bombing
* July Farah bombing
* 7 August Kabul bombing
* 17 August Kabul bombing
* 2 & 5 September Kabul bombings
* 17 September bombings
* Qalat bombing
* Jalalabad suicide bombing
* Haska Meyna mosque bombing
* Bagram attack

2020|

* 6 March Kabul shooting
* Kabul gurdwara attack
* May attacks
* June attacks
* July attacks
* August attacks
* Jalalabad prison
* September attacks
* October attacks
* November attacks
* Kabul University attack
* December attacks

2021|

* Attacks
* Taliban offensive
* Kabul school bombing
* Battle of Kandahar
* Fall of Herat
* Battle of Lashkargah
* Capture of Zaranj
* Fall of Kabul
* Kunduz mosque bombing
* Kandahar bombing
* 2021 Kabul Airlift
* Operation Allies Refuge
* Operation Pitting
* Operation Devi Shakti
* Kabul airport attack
* August 29 drone strike

Aftermath|

* Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
* Republican insurgency
* Islamic State–Taliban conflict

War crimes|

* ICC investigation
* Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
* UK Afghan Unlawful Killings inquiry
* War crimes by the Taliban
* Kunduz hospital airstrike
* Kandahar massacre
* Torture
* Bagram torture and prisoner abuse
* Salt Pit

Peace
process|

* Afghan peace process
* Afghan peace groups
* Tabassum movement
* Enlightenment Movement
* Uprising for Change
* People's Peace Movement
* 2021–2022 Afghan protests

Reactions|

* Afghan War documents leak
* International public opinion
* Opposition
* Protests
* To the fall of Kabul

Memorials|

* London

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* Wikinews
* Portal

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