What is 2022 Peshawar mosque attack?
On 4 March 2022, the [[Islamic State]] - Khorasan Province attacked a [[Shiite]] [[mosque]] in [[Peshawar]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Pakistan]].[[File:Bomb_Blasts_in_Peshawar_Mosque.png|thumb]] The attack killed at least 63 people and injured over 190 others.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gannon |first=Riaz Khan And Kathy |date=2022-03-04 |title=IS claims Pakistan bombing that killed 63 at Shiite mosque |url=https://www.cp24.com/world/is-claims-pakistan-bombing-that-killed-63-at-shiite-mosque-1.5805360 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=CP24 |language=en |archive-date=2022-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305180802/https://www.cp24.com/world/is-claims-pakistan-bombing-that-killed-63-at-shiite-mosque-1.5805360 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Background== During the late 20th and early 21st centuries in Pakistan, [[Islamist]] and [[sectarian]] attacks have been very common. Thousands of people have been killed. In 2004, [[Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|their attacks]] became an [[insurgency]]. Three attacks in Peshawar have had triple-digit death tolls. They were a [[28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing|market bombing in 2009]], a [[Peshawar church bombing|church bombing in 2013]] and a [[2014 Peshawar school massacre|school massacre in 2014]]. Many attacks have had double-digit death tolls, including those at Shia mosques in [[2013 Peshawar mosque attack|2013]] and [[2015 Peshawar mosque attack|2015]]. ==Attack== On 4 March 2022, a [[suicide bomber]] [[explode]]d at the [[Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent|Shiite]] Kucha Risaldar mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ahmad |first=Jibran |date=2022-03-04 |title=Suicide bombing at Shi'ite mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar kills at least 30 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/mosque-blast-northwestern-pakistani-kills-five-wounds-dozens-police-2022-03-04/ |access-date=2022-03-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Ismail |last2=Masood |first2=Salman |date=2022-03-04 |title=At Least