2021 Kabul school bombing

2021 Kabul school bombing
Part of the War in Afghanistan and the 2021 Afghanistan attacks
Bombing 2021 Kabul school bombing (Kabul) Location of the school
Location	Kabul, Afghanistan
Date	8 May 2021
Target	Hazaras
Attack type	Bombing
Weapons	Car bomb
Deaths	90
Injured	240
Perpetrators	Disputed

On 8 May 2021, a car bombing, followed by two more improvised explosive device (IED) blasts, occurred in front of Sayed al-Shuhada school in Dashte Barchi, a predominantly Shia Hazara area^[1][2] in western Kabul, Afghanistan,^[3] leaving at least 90 people dead and 240 injured.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]} The majority of the casualties were girls between 11 and 15 years old.^[11][12] The attack took place in a neighborhood that has frequently been attacked by militants belonging to the regional Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS-K) over the years.^[2][13]

Following the attack, residents of Dashte Barchi expressed anger over the lack of security in the area.^[14] The residents said the government had not done enough to secure Dashte Barchi, in spite of knowing it had repeatedly come under attack from militants belonging to IS-K. Many of the residents held Afghan president Ashraf Ghani responsible for the attack and raised loud chants against the Afghan government and security forces.^[14]