2021 Kabul airport attack

suicide bombing in Afghanistan
Event suicide_bombing Q108285843
2021 Kabul airport attack
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2021 Kabul airport attack

Summary

2021 Kabul airport attack is a suicide bombing[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of suicide_bombing entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,357 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 2021 Kabul airport attack is located in Kabul[3].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack is in the country of Afghanistan[4].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack's instance of is recorded as suicide bombing[5].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack's instance of is recorded as coordinated terrorist attack[6].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack's instance of is recorded as mass shooting[7].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack took place at Kabul International Airport[8].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack is part of Islamic State–Taliban conflict[9].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack's Commons category is recorded as 2021 Kabul airport attack[10].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+04:30[11].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack's armament is recorded as explosive device[12].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack's armament is recorded as firearm[13].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack's target is recorded as 2021 Kabul Airlift[14].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack's target is recorded as Kabul International Airport[15].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack took place on August 26, 2021[16].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.55861111111111, 'lon': 69.22027777777778}[17].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack resulted in {'amount': '+182'} deaths[18].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack caused {'amount': '+150'} injuries[19].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack's URL is recorded as https://mobile.twitter.com/samueloakford/status/1489718716724137989[20].
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack's perpetrator is recorded as Islamic State – Khorasan Province[21].

Body

When and Where

2021 Kabul airport attack took place on August 26, 2021[16]. It took place at Kabul International Airport[8]. It is in the country of Afghanistan[4].

Context

2021 Kabul airport attack is part of Islamic State–Taliban conflict[9]. Recorded instance of include suicide bombing[5], coordinated terrorist attack[6], and mass shooting[7].

Outcome and Impact

2021 Kabul airport attack resulted in {'amount': '+182'} deaths[18]. It caused {'amount': '+150'} injuries[19].

Why It Matters

2021 Kabul airport attack ranks in the top 8% of suicide_bombing entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,357 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . apnews.com. apnews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . bbc.com. bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . reuters.com. reuters.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Perpetrator → Islamic State – Khorasan Province
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P8031]]: [[Q2429253]], move qualifier [[Property:P854]] to reference"
  2. 5w ago · ~2026-46803-93 · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Kabul International Airport
    Aliases → —
    Point in time → —
    Country → Afghanistan
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8031]]: [[Q2429253]]"
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