A suicide bombing took place at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 26 August 2021, at 17:50 local time, during the evacuation from Afghanistan. At least 182 people were killed, including 169 Afghan civilians and 13 members of the United States military, the first American military casualties in the war in Afghanistan since February 2020. The Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIS–K) claimed responsibility for the attack.
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| Subject | 2021 Kabul airport attack |
| Category | Suicide bombing at Kabul airport, Afghanistan |
| Reading time | 1 min · Advanced |
| Key date | 2021 |
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