On 1 January 2023, a bombing at a checkpoint outside the military airport in Kabul, located about 200 metres from the civilian Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan killed and injured several people. The following day, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing on Telegram, claiming to have killed 20 people and injured 30. The Taliban-run ministry of interior denied those numbers, saying it would be releasing an official toll.
See also List of terrorist incidents linked to Islamic State – Khorasan Province 2021 Kabul airport attack List of terrorist attacks in Kabul List of terrorist incidents in 2023 List of massacres in Afghanistan
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