On 8 October 2021, an ISIS-K suicide bombing occurred at the Shia Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz.

The Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021; ISIS–K attacks since then include a bombing at the Kabul International Airport in which 169 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops were killed.

[1] Photos and videos of the scene posted on social media showed blood splattered on the floor and walls of the mosque.

[2] The Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) has claimed responsibility for the blast, and confirmed via a Telegram channel that a suicide bomber had detonated the explosive vest in the crowded mosque during Friday prayers.

[2] Most militant Uyghur Muslims in western China and eastern Afghanistan are believed to belong to the Turkistan Islamic Party.