# List of massacres in Afghanistan

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Afghanistan (numbers may be approximate). The list does not include collateral damage, especially from raids and airstrikes, which were due to mistaken identity or unfortunately getting caught in the line of fire.

## Durrani Empire and Anglo-Afghan War

| Name | Date | Location | Deaths, Wounded and Captures | Notes |
| 1842 retreat from Kabul | January 6–13, 1842 | Between Kabul and Jalalabad via Gandamak | Approx 16,500 (figure may incorporate: the missing and captured as well) | 4,000 soldiers of the British East India Company and 12,000 civilians and camp followers. |
| First Anglo-Afghan War | October 1, 1838 – October 1842 | Afghanistan | Emirate of Kabul: 12000 militia infantry; British Empire: 4700 line infantry soldiers | Exact wounded number not specified |
| Hazara genocide (19th century) | 1888–1893 | Hazaristan | 320,000 families killed or enslaved 80,000 displaced | Afghan Troops Massacre Hazaras and take their land known as Hazaristan Over 60% of the total Hazara population was either killed or displaced by the massacre. |

## Khalq communist rule

| Name | Date | Location | Deaths, Wounded and Captures | Notes |
| 1979 Herat uprising | March 1979 | Herat | Thousands disappeared without trace | 3,000–25,000 In 1992, a mass grave was uncovered, containing 2,000 bodies of those killed by the DRA repression. |
| Kerala massacre by the PDPA | April 1979 | Kerala, Kunar Province | 1,170–1,260 killed | Unarmed males murdered by the army |
| Chindawol uprising | June 1979 | Chindawol | Thousands disappeared without trace | Crack-down by government forces reported, including 4-hour battle, and around 10,000 Hazaras and Qizilbash arrested. Abdul Majid Kalakani was executed. |

## Soviet-Afghan War

| Name | Date | Location | Deaths, Wounded and Captures | Notes |
| Operation Storm-333 | December 27, 1979 | Kabul | 350 killed (Afghanistan side), and 14 killed (Soviet side) | 25 (Soviet side) wounded. 1,700 Afghan soldiers surrendered and 150 Palace and Leader's Guards captured. |
| 3 Hoot uprising | February 22, 1980 | Kabul | 600 | 5,000+ arrested. |
| 1980 student protests in Kabul | Late April to early June, 1980 | Kabul | 72 and 200 | Students poisoned; 400 to 2000 arrested and a student, Nahid Saaed killed. |
| Siege of Urgun | August 1983-January 16, 1984 | Urgun, Paktika Province | 600 killed and 243 surrendered (Soviet claimed) | The 243 prisoners were released. |
| Laghman massacre | April 1985 | Laghman Province | ~500 to ~1,000 | Soviet reprisals against civilians against alleged anti-communist resistance groups. |
| Battle of Maravar Pass | April 21-22, 1985 | Sangam and Daridam, Kunar Province | 31 (Soviet side); Unknown captured | Fatalities from the Afghan Mujahideen side is unknown. |
| Badaber uprising | April 25-26, 1985 | Badaber, Pakistan | 52 killed (Soviet side); Soviet claimed 100 to 200 Afghan mujahideen's killed. | Afghan mujahideen claimed killing of 20 people. |
| 1985 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdown | September 4, 1985 | Kandahar | 52 | A Bakhtar Afghan Airlines An-26 (YA-BAM) was shot down by a SAM near Kandahar, killing all 52 people on board. |
| Battles of Zhawar | First battle: September–October 1985; Second battle: February 28 – April 19, 1986 | First battle: Zhawar, Paktia Province; Second battle: Zhawar, Khost Province | 184 killed, 321 wounded and 530 captured (Afghan Mujahideen side); 281+ killed and 363+ wounded (Soviet and Afghanistan/DRA side) | Specific numbers: First battle: 106 killed and 321 wounded (Afghan Mujahideen side); Unknown but expected heavy fatalities for Soviet and Afghanistan side; Second battle: 530 captured, 78 executed and 24 helicopters destroyed (Afghan Mujahideen side); 28 killed and 363 wounded (Soviet and Afghanistan side). |
| Battle of Jaji | April 17 - June 13, 1987 | Paktia province | 2+ killed (Soviet and Afghanistan side); 120+ killed (Afghan Mujahideen side) | Osama Bin Laden wounded. |
| Battle of Arghandab (1987) | May 22 - Late June, 1987 | Arghandab District, Kandahar Province | 60+ killed (Afghan Mujahideen side) | 500 killed and wounded; 1200 captured (Afghanistan/DRA side). |
| Operation Magistral | November 19, 1987-January 10, 1988 | Paktia province | Soviet: 24 killed and 56 wounded; Afghanistan/DRA: 300 killed and 700 wounded | On the Haqqani Network side 150 to 300 killed. |
| Battle for Hill 3234 | January 7-8, 1988 | Paktia Province, near the Afghanistan–Pakistan border | 6 killed and 28 wounded (Soviet side); 200–250 killed (Afghan mujahideen side). | Two of the Soviet soldiers, Vyacheslav Aleksandrov and Andrey Melnikov, posthumously awarded the Gold Star of the Hero. |
| Operation Arrow | October 23-November 7, 1988 | Laghman Province | 18 killed and 53 wounded (Afghan Mujahideen side); 500 killed and wounded, and 223 captured (Afghanistan/ DRA side) | This was a military offensive by Mjuahideen. |
| Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan | May 15, 1988 – February 15, 1989 | Democratic Republic of Afghanistan | 523 killed (Soviet side) | Unknown fatalities (Afghan Mujahideen side). |

## Civil war

| Name | Date | Location | Deaths, Wounded and Captures | Notes |
| Mass bombardment of Kabul by Hezb-i Islami | 1992-1993 | Kabul | 50,000 | |
| Afshar massacre by Massoud's Jamiat-e Islami and Sayyaf's Ittihad-e-Islami | February 10-11, 1993 | Kabul | 570–750 | 4,000–6,000 deaths in total 700–750 kidnapped by Ittihad and presumed dead |
| Mass bombardment of Kabul by Hezb-i Islami | January 1994 | Kabul | 24,000 | |
| Mass bombardment of Kabul by the Taliban | 1995 | Kabul | 800–4,000 | |
| 1995 attack on the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul | September 6, 1995 | Kabul | 1 killed and 26 wounded | |
| 15 massacre campaigns by the Taliban and Al-Qaeda | 1996-2001 | Northern, central and western Afghanistan | +15,000 | United Nations: "These are the same type of war crimes as were committed in Bosnia and should be prosecuted in national courts". See some campaigns listed below. The Hazara claim the Taliban executed 15,000 of their people in their campaign through northern and central Afghanistan. |
| Mazar-i-Sharif massacre by Junbish | May and July 1997 | Mazar-i-Sharif | Up to 3,000 | Junbish general Abdul Malik Pahlawan "is widely believed to have been responsible for the brutal massacre of up to 3,000 Taliban prisoners after inviting them into Mazar-i-Sharif." |
| Battles of Mazar-i-Sharif (1997–1998) | May 22, 1997-August 14, 1998 | Near Mazar-i-Sharif, Northern Afghanistan | May to July 1997: about 3000 killed or wounded; September to December 1997: 86 civilians killed; 8 August 1998: 1400 soldiers from the Hazara army and additional 8000+ noncombatant killed | |
| Anti-Hazara massacre in Mazar-i-Sharif | August 8–10, 1998 | Mazar-i-Sharif | 2,000 to 20,000 | |
| Taliban starvation of refugees | 1998 | Northern Afghanistan | Thousands | Denial of UN emergency food supplies to 160,000 starving refugees by the Taliban |
| Istalif campaign by the Taliban and Al-Qaeda | 1999 | Istalif | Unknown | Nity with 45,000 homes razed completely |
| Gosfandi massacre by the Taliban | 1999 | Gosfandi District, Sar-e Pol | 96 | The Taliban were accused of committing five massacres in the Gosfandi district in the 1990s. |
| Deliberate destruction of civilian livelihood | 1999 | Shomali Plain | Hundreds of thousands | Civilians killing, torture, mass rape and other atrocities reported |
| Robatak Pass killings | January 14, 2000 | pass connecting the settlements of Tashkurgan and Pule Khumri | 31 | Taliban perpetrated the mass murders. 26 of the victims were Ismaili Hazara from Baghlan province |
| Civilian killings by the Taliban | January 2001 | Yakawlang | 250–3000 | |

## War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

* Note: According to the United Nations, 75–80% of civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan were caused by the Taliban and other "resistance" groups from 2009 to 2011. This list is incomplete and does not represent these official figures properly.
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths, Wounded and Captures | Notes |
| Battle of Qala-i-Jangi | November 25-December 1, 2001 | Qala-i-Jangi, Balkh Province | 500+ | |
| Dasht-i-Leili massacre of Taliban prisoners by Junbish-i Milli | December 2001 | Dasht-i-Leili desert | 250–3000 | Taliban prisoners were allegedly shot and/or suffocated to death in metal shipping containers. |
| 2002 Kabul bombing | December 5, 2002 | Kabul | 26 killed and 167 wounded | The Taliban, al-Qaeda, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's group have all been suspected. |
| 2004 Deh Rawood bombing | January 31, 2004 | Deh Rawood, Deh Rawood District, Uruzgan province | 8 | A Remote-controlled bomb destroyed a vehicle, killing Mayor Khalif Sadaht and seven of his relatives. Five people were wounded. |
| 2004 Kunduz attack | June 9, 2004 | Kunduz, Kunduz Province | 11 | Eleven Chinese aid workers from Jiangxi province were killed in their compound by a score of armed men in Kunduz, and another 4-5 were wounded |
| 2006 Tarinkot bombing | January 5, 2006 | Tarinkot, Uruzgan province | 11 | A suicide bomber carried out an attack in the city of Tirin Kot, in southern Uruzgan province, a few hundred yards away from where US ambassador to Afghanistan Ronald Neumann was meeting with local leaders. The explosion killed at least 10 civilians and wounded approximately 50 others. The US Ambassador was unhurt in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and said the bomb was intended to kill “high-ranking Americans.” |
| Attempted assassination of Dick Cheney | February 27, 2007 | Bagram | 23 | A suicide bombing at the outer gate of the Bagram Airfield left at least 23 people dead and injured 20 others. |
| 2007 Helmand Province airstrikes | June 22, 2007 | Helmand Province | 45 | At least 45 Afghan civilians were killed in NATO-led airstrikes |
| 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack | January 14, 2008 | Kabul | 6 to 7 people killed and 6 wounded | Taliban claimed responsibility. |
| 2008 Kandahar bombing | February 17, 2008 | Kandahar | 100 killed and 100 wounded | Crowd of people who were watching a dog-fighting competition were attacked. |
| Sarposa prison attack of 2008 | June 13, 2008 | Kandahar | 15 policemen killed from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan side. 10 killed from Taliban side. | Reportedly, attack was carried out by Taliban insurgents. |
| Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike | July 6, 2008 | Haska Meyna, Haska Meyna District, Nangarhar Province | 47 | |
| 2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul | July 7, 2008 | Kabul | 58 killed and 141 wounded | Taliban and Haqqani network are the alleged perpetrators. |
| February 2009 raids on Kabul | February 11, 2009 | Kabul | 21 killed and 57 wounded | Series of strikes by the Taliban against Afghan government targets. |
| 2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing | August 15, 2009 | Kabul | 7 killed and 91 wounded | Attack was carried out by a Taliban suicide bomber. |
| 2009 Kandahar bombing | August 25, 2009 | Kandahar | 43 killed and 65+ wounded | The Taliban were thought to be responsible. The target was apparently the headquarters of a Japanese construction company. |
| 2009 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul Haqqani network | October 8, 2009 | Kabul | 17 killed and 83 wounded | The Taliban were the alleged perpetrators. |
| 2009 UN guest house attack in Kabul | October 28, 2009 | Kabul | 11 killed | Five UN staff, two Afghan security personnel and an Afghan civilians were killed. |
| 2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing | August 15, 2009 | Kabul | 7 killed and 91 wounded | Attack was carried out by a Taliban suicide bomber. |
| 2009 Kandahar bombing | August 25, 2009 | Kandahar | 43 killed and 65+ wounded | The Taliban were thought to be responsible. The target was apparently the headquarters of a Japanese construction company. |
| 2009 bombing of Indian embassy in Kabul Haqqani network | October 8, 2009 | Kabul | 17 killed and 83 wounded | The Taliban were the alleged perpetrators. |
| January 2010 Kabul attack | January 18, 2010 | Kabul | 12 killed and 71 wounded | Taliban gunmen were the reported perpetrators. |
| Uruzgan helicopter attack | February 21, 2010 | Uruzgan | 27-33 | Killing of Afghan civilians, including over 20 men, four women and one child, by United States Army with another 12 civilians wounded |
| February 2010 Kabul attack | February 28, 2010 | Kabul | 18 killed and 36 wounded | Taliban, Lashkar-e-Taiba is reported as perpetrator. |
| Maywand District killings | January-May 2010 | Kandahar province | 3 killed | A group of U.S. Army soldiers are the reported perpetrators. |
| May 2010 Kabul bombing | May 18, 2010 | Kabul | 18 killed and 52 wounded | Taliban are the reported perpetrators. |
| Nadahan wedding bombing | June 9, 2010 | Nagahan, Arghandab District, Kandahar Province | 40 | at least 40 civilians were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a wedding in the Arghandab District of southern Kandahar Province |
| 2010 Badakhshan massacre by the Taliban | August 6, 2010 | Badakhshan | 10 killed | Victims were 6 Americans, 2 Afghans, 1 Briton and 1 German. |
| Kabul Bank shooting by the Taliban | February 19, 2011 | Jalalabad | 40 killed and 73+ wounded | Aljazeera reported that at least seven suicide bombers stormed a branch of the Kabul Bank. |
| 2011 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack | June 28, 2011 | Kabul | 21 killed | Taliban were reported as perpetrator. |
| September 2011 Kabul attack | September 13, 2011 | Kabul | 7 killed and 15 wounded | Taliban were the reported perpetrator. |
| 2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings | December 6, 2011 | Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif | 80+ killed and 160+ wounded | Suicide bombing in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif is reported as the cause for fatalities. |
| Kandahar massacre | March 11, 2012 | Kandahar province | 16 killed and 6 wounded | Robert Bales is the reported perpetrator. |
| April 2012 Afghanistan attacks | April 15-16, 2012 | Kabul | 47 killed and 44 wounded | Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network are reported as perpetrators. |
| 11 June 2013 Kabul bombing | June 11, 2012 | Kabul | 17 killed and 39 wounded | Taliban took responsibility for the attack. |
| 2013 Afghan presidential palace attack | June 25, 2012 | Kabul | 11 killed | Taliban were the reported perpetrators. |
| Forward Operating Base Delhi Massacre by the Taliban | August 10, 2012 | Helmand Province | 3 killed and 1 wounded | Chai Boy of Afghan District Police Chief Sarwar Jan was the reported perpetrator. |
| January 2014 Kabul restaurant attack | January 17, 2014 | Kabul | 22 killed | Taliban were reported as perpetrator. |
| 2014 Kabul Serena Hotel shooting | March 20, 2014 | Kabul | 9 killed and 2 wounded | Taliban were reported as perpetrator. |
| 2014 Paktika car bombing | July 15, 2014 | Paktika | 89 killed and 42 wounded | Haqqani network were the reported perpetrator. |
| 2014 Yahyakhel suicide bombing | November 23, 2014 | Yahya Khel District, Paktika Province | 61 killed | It was a suicide bombing. |
| December 2014 Kabul bombings | December 11, 2014 | Kabul | 12 killed and 7 injured | Taliban gunmen were the reported perpetrators. |
| 2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack | March 13, 2015 | Shāre Naw, Kabul | 14 killed and 6 wounded | The Taliban were thought to be responsible. |
| 2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing | April 18, 2015 | Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province | 33 killed and 100 wounded | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province were the reported perpetrator. |
| 2015 Kabul Parliament attack | June 22, 2015 | Kabul | 9 killed and 40 wounded | Terrorist attack against Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai. |
| 7 August 2015 Kabul attacks | August 7, 2015 | Kabul | 50+ killed and 500+ wounded | Taliban were reported as perpetrator. |
| 10 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing | August 10, 2015 | Kabul | 5 killed and 16 wounded | The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. |
| 22 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing | August 22, 2015 | Kabul | 10 killed and 60 wounded | Part of Taliban insurgency. |
| 2015 Zabul beheading by Islamic State | November 9, 2015 | Zabul Province | 7 killed | Islamic State is the reported perpetrator. |
| 2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul | April 19, 2016 | Kabul | 9 killed and 7 wounded | The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. |
| April 2016 Kabul attack | April 19, 2016 | Kabul | 69 killed and 367 wounded | Taliban are the reported perpetrators. |
| Kabul attack on Canadian Embassy guards | June 20, 2016 | Kabul | 16 killed and 9 wounded | Attack claimed to be conducted by the Taliban or the Islamic State in Khorasan Province. |
| July 2016 Kabul bombing | July 23, 2016 | Kabul | 97+ killed and 260 wounded | Islamic State - Khorasan Province are the reported perpetrator. |
| American University of Afghanistan attack | August 24, 2016 | Kabul | 20 killed and 53+ wounded | Taliban were the reported perpetrator. |
| September 2016 Kabul attacks | September 5-6, 2016 | Kabul | 42 to 58 killed and 109 wounded | Taliban were the reported perpetrator. |
| January 2017 Afghanistan bombings | January 10, 2017 | Kabul, Kandahar, and in Lashkargah | 68+ to 98+ killed and 94+ wounded | Taliban (claimed the first and the third bombing, denied responsibility of the second bombing) Haqqani network (suspected of the second bombing). |
| March 2017 Kabul attack | March 8, 2017 | Daoud Khan Military Hospital, Kabul | 49 - 100+ killed and 63+ wounded | The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed to have carried out the attack, but officials suspected the Haqqani network instead." |
| 2017 Camp Shaheen attack | April 21, 2017 | Mazar-e-Sharif | All killed (Taliban and Haqqani network side), and 140–256 killed and 160+ wounded (Afghan soldiers side) | This was an attack on Afghan National Army by at least ten Taliban fighters. |
| May 2017 Kabul attack | May 31, 2017 | Kabul | 90–150+ killed and 413+ wounded | Fatalities and casualties were caused by Truck bomb. |
| 20 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks | October 20, 2017 | Kabul | 60+ | Suicide bombing |
| 28 December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing | December 28, 2017 | Kabul | 50 killed and 80 wounded | Attack was reported as Anti-Shi'ism. The attack killed 50 people and injured over 80. |
| 2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack | January 20, 2018 | Kabul | 46 killed and 14 wounded | Taliban were the reported perpetrator. |
| Kabul ambulance bombing | January 27, 2018 | Kabul | 103 killed and 235 wounded | Taliban were the reported perpetrators. |
| March 2018 Kabul suicide bombing | March 21, 2018 | Kabul | 34 killed and 65 wounded | Attack was reported as Anti-Shi'ism. |
| 22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing | April 22, 2018 | Kabul | 69 killed and 120 wounded | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province were the reported perpetrator. |
| 30 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombings | April 30, 2018 | Kabul | 29 killed and 50 wounded | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province were the reported perpetrators. |
| August 2018 Gardez mosque attack | August 3, 2018 | Gardez, Paktika Province | 48 (including two perpetrators) | Two militants dressed in burqa entered a Shiite mosque in the town of Gardez in the province of Paktia and opened fire. Both attackers later blew themselves up. |
| September 2018 Kabul attacks | September 6, 2018 | Kabul | 26 | 91 wounded |
| 2019 Kabul mosque bombing | July 1, 2019 | Kabul | 3 | 20 wounded |
| 1 July 2019 Kabul attack | July 1, 2019 | Kabul | 45 | 105 wounded |
| 2019 Ghazni bombing by the Taliban | July 7, 2019 | Ghazni | 15 | 180 wounded |
| 28 July 2019 Kabul suicide bombing | July 28, 2019 | Kabul | 20+ killed and 50 wounded | Four gunmen stormed the building and laid siege for hours before killed. |
| 7 August 2019 Kabul bombing | August 7, 2019 | Kabul | 14 killed and 145 wounded | A suicide car bomb exploded at a security checkpoint outside a police station. |
| 17 August 2019 Kabul bombing | August 17, 2019 | Kabul | 92 killed and 142 wounded | Suicide bombing occurred in a wedding hall. |
| 2 and 5 September 2019 Kabul bombings | September 2 and 5, 2019 | Kabul | 28 killed and 159+ wounded | Victims were Afghans and foreign nationals. |
| 17 September 2019 Afghanistan bombings | September 17, 2019 | Charikar, Kabul | 50 killed and 80 wounded | Attacks were carried out with two different suicide bombers in sperate locations. |
| 2019 Qalat bombing | September 19, 2019 | Qalati Ghilji | 40 killed and 140+ wounded | Suicide car bombing outside a hospital in Qalati Ghilji is the reported cause. |
| 6 March 2020 Kabul shooting | March 6, 2020 | Kabul | 32 killed and 82 wounded | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province is the reported perpetrator. |
| Kabul gurdwara attack | March 25, 2020 | Kabul | 25 killed and 8+ wounded | Abu Khalid al-Hindi is reported as peretrator. |
| 2020 Kabul University attack | November 2, 2020 | Kabul | 35 killed and 50 wounded | The attack was carried out by ISIS-K. |
| Murders of Enikass Radio workers by Islamic State | March 2, 2021 | Jalalabad | 3 women killed. | |
| 2021 Kabul school bombing | May 8, 2021 | Dashte Barchi | 90 killed and 240 wounded | The attack was carried out by ISIS-K. |
| 2021 Kabul hospital attack | November 2, 2021 | Kabul | 30+ killed and 50+ wounded | The attack was carried out by ISIS-K. |

## Taliban era

| Name | Date | Location | Death, Wounded and Captured | Notes |
| 2021 Kabul airport attack | August 26, 2021 | Kabul Province | 183 killed and 150+ injured | The 182 fatalities include 170 Afghan civilians and 13 members of the United States military. |
| Sayed Abad mosque bombing | October 8, 2021 | Kunduz Province | 50+ killed and 143 wounded | Suicide attack by ISIS-K. |
| 2021 Kandahar Shia Mosque bombing | October 15, 2021 | Kandahar province | 65 killed and 70+ wounded | Suicide attack by ISIS-K. |
| Herat bus bombing | January 22, 2022 | Herat | 7 killed and 9 wounded | Bomb was attached to the vehicle's fuel tank. |
| 2022 Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan | April 16, 2022 | Spera District, Khost Province and Kunar Province | 47 killed and 23 wounded | This was part of the insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes. |
| April 2022 Kabul school bombing | April 19, 2022 | Kabul | 6 killed and 25 wounded | This attack is described as part of Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State. |
| 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing | April 21, 2022 | Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province | 31 killed and 87 wounded | Attack by the Islamic State - Khorasan Province. |
| 2022 Kunduz mosque bombing | April 22, 2022 | Kunduz | 33 killed and 43 wounded | Islamic State – Khorasan Province is reported as the suspected attacker. |
| 28 April 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif bombings | April 28, 2022 | Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province | 11 killed and 13 wounded | Double bombing targeted public transportation. |
| April 2022 Kabul mosque bombing | April 29, 2022 | Kabul | 10–50+ killed and 30 wounded | Attack occurred in the holy month of Ramadan. |
| May 2022 Kabul mosque bombing | May 25, 2022 | Kabul | 5–11+ killed and 17 wounded | Explosives detonated during the Maghrib prayer. |
| 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif minivan bombings | May 25, 2022 | Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province | 9 killed and 15 wounded | Attacks believed to have been directed at Afghan Shia passengers. |
| 5 August 2022 Kabul bombing | August 5, 2022 | Kabul | 8 killed and 18 wounded | Attack by the Islamic State - Khorasan Province. |
| August 2022 Kabul mosque bombing | August 17, 2022 | Kabul | 21+ killed and 33+ wounded | Islamic State - Khorasan Province (suspected) for perpetrating the attack. |
| 2022 Herat mosque bombing | September 2, 2022 | Herat | 19 killed and 23 wounded | Islamic State - Khorasan Province (suspected) for perpetrating the attack. |
| Bombing of the Russian embassy in Kabul | September 5, 2022 | Kabul | 8–10+ and 15–20 wounded | Islamic State - Khorasan Province (suspected) for perpetrating the attack. |
| September 2022 Kabul mosque bombing | September 23, 2022 | Kabul | 7 killed and 41 wounded | Explosion happened as worshippers leave the mosque after finishing Friday prayers. |
| September 2022 Kabul school bombing | September 30, 2022 | Kabul | between 25 and 52 killed, and 110 wounded | Attack occurred at the Kaaj education center. The majority of the victims were young female students. |
| December 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif bombing | December 6, 2022 | Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province | 7 killed and 6 wounded | Bomb was planted on the side of the road. |
| 2022 Kabul hotel attack | December 12, 2022 | Kabul | 6 killed and 18 wounded | Islamic State - Khorasan Province (suspected) for perpetrating the attack. |
| 2023 Kabul airport bombing | January 1, 2023 | Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul | 20 killed and 30 wounded | Attack by the Islamic State - Khorasan Province |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan bombing | January 11, 2023 | Kabul | 20+ killed | Suicide bombing by the Islamic State - Khorasan Province |