What is 2021 Kandahar bombing?
On 15 October 2021, a [[suicide bombing]] happened at the '''Imam Bargah mosque''' in [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Harrison|date=15 October 2021|title=Four suicide bombers kill and injure dozens of people in Kandahar mosque blasts|url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/10/15/afghanistan-explosion-hits-kandahar-mosque-during-prayers-15426651/|access-date=15 October 2021|website=Metro|language=en}}</ref> The mosque is a [[Shia]] [[mosque]]. The attack happened during [[Friday prayers]]. It killed at least 65 people and injured more than 70 others.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mehrdad|first=Ezzatullah|date=15 October 2021|title=Suicide bombers hit Shiite mosque in Afghanistan killing dozens — the second such attack in a week|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/15/afghanistan-kandahar-mosque-explosion/|access-date=16 October 2021|website=The Washington Post|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Islamic State Bombing Kills at Least 65 People in Southern Afghanistan |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/afghan-mosque-hit-by-deadly-suicide-bombing-11634297101 |access-date=16 October 2021 |agency=Washington post |date=16 October 2021}}</ref> The [[Islamic State – Khorasan Province]] claimed responsibility for the attack.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Popalzai|first1=Ehsan|last2=Salem|first2=Mostafa|date=15 October 2021|title=More than 30 killed as suicide attack rocks mosque in Afghanistan's Kandahar|url=https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/10/15/asia/mosque-blast-kandahar-intl/index.html|access-date=16 October 2021|website=CNN|language=en|archive-date=16 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016065406/https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/10/15/asia/mosque-blast-kandahar-intl/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> It came a week after another [[2021 Kunduz mosque bombing|bombing]] claimed by the Islamic State.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Gibran|last=Peshimam|title=Blast at Shi'ite mosque in Afghan city of Kandahar causes heavy casualties|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/blast-hits-mosque-afgh