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On 1 January 2023, a bombing occurred at a checkpoint outside the military airport in
Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...
, located about 200 metres from the civilian
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in
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. It killed and injured several people. The following day, on 2 January, the
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claimed responsibility for the bombing on Telegram, stating to have killed 20 people and injured 30. The Taliban-run ministry of interior denied those numbers, saying it would be releasing an official toll.


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* List of massacres in Afghanistan


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