Taliban’s Return: Suicide Bomber Strikes Kandahar Bank

The attack happened in the city of Kandahar, where authorities reported that all of the victims had congregated to pick up their monthly wages. Twelve more people were hurt in the incident.

TFD – Explore the aftermath of a suicide bombing in Kandahar amid the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan.

ISLAMABAD — In an attack on a private bank on Thursday in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a suicide bomber left at least three people dead and twelve injured, according to officials.

Head of the government’s Kandahar Information and Culture Department Inamullah Samangani revealed that all of the dead were individuals who had congregated at the New Kabul Bank branch to pick up their monthly salaries.

The Taliban Interior Ministry’s spokesman, Abdul Mateen Qani, confirmed the incident as well but was unable to provide further information. He stated an investigation was underway.

No one took ownership of the bombing right away. An important Taliban adversary, the affiliate of the Islamic State group, has already attacked Shiite neighborhoods, hospitals, schools, and mosques around the nation.

Due to the fact that Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, has his stronghold in Kandahar and that Kabul’s authorities carry out his judgments on important matters, the city serves as a political and spiritual hub for Afghanistan’s ruling elite.

After 20 years, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021 after the United States and NATO troops left the country in chaos. The Taliban progressively restored a strict interpretation of Islamic law, or Shariah, as they had done during their prior reign of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, despite early declarations of a more moderate approach.