What the records say
- When
- 6 Dec 2011
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 34.53° N, 69.17° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings.
Summary
A suicide attack attacks a Shiite shrine in the Afghan capital Kabul during the festival of Ashura, resulting in at least 50 people killed and hundreds injured. Hours later another attack takes place at Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least 4. , ,
2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings
Suicide bombing in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif
The 2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings were a pair of bombings in the Afghan capital of Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif. The Kabul suicide bombing took place at around noon local time, on the day when Muslims commemorate Ashura, an annual holy day throughout the Muslim world particularly by the Shi'a Muslims.
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