2022 Herat mosque bombing

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Suicide attack in Afghanistan

2022 Herat mosque bombing

Part of Afghanistan conflict, Islamic State–Taliban conflict

Herat

Herat (Afghanistan)

Location| Herat, Afghanistan
Date| 2 September 2022 (2022-09-02)
Target| Mujib Rahman Ansari
Weapons| Explosive belt
Deaths| 19 (including the perpetrator)
Injured| 23
Perpetrators| Islamic State – Khorasan Province (suspected)

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Afghan conflict

* Saur Revolution (1978)
* Herat uprising (1979)
* Chindawol uprising (1979)
* Bala Hissar uprising (1979)
* Soviet–Afghan War (1979–89)
* Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
* Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
* Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
* War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
* Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
* Islamic State–Taliban conflict (2015–present)
* Republican insurgency in Afghanistan

On 2 September 2022, a suicide bombing occurred at a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan.[1]

During Friday noon prayers, a suicide bombing occurred at Guzargah Mosque, which is Sunni and is located in the west of Herat city in northwestern Afghanistan.[1] At least 18 people were killed, including its imam, Mujib Rahman Ansari, who was a Taliban supporter.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Mosque blast in Afghanistan kills prominent scholar, civilians". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

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