:20 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks

{{Short description|Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan}}

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On 20 October 2017, suicide bombers attacked mosques in Kabul and Ghor Province, Afghanistan, killing at least 60 people.{{cite web |title=Afghanistan hit by suicide bomb attacks on mosques leaving 63 dead |website=The Daily Telegraph |date=20 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205014847/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/20/afghanistan-hit-suicide-bomb-attacks-mosques-leaving-63-dead/ |archive-date=5 February 2023 |url-status=live |url=https://telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/20/afghanistan-hit-suicide-bomb-attacks-mosques-leaving-63-dead/}}[https://bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41699320 Afghan suicide mosque attacks kill scores of worshippers]

During Friday prayers on 20 October 2017, a gunman entered Imam Zaman, a Shia mosque in Kabul. He opened fire, then detonated a bomb - killing about 40 people.

During Friday prayers on the same day, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a Sunni mosque in Ghor Province, killing at least 20 people.

Islamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the Kabul attack.

In 2017, insurgents carried out many attacks in Afghanistan, including several in October. Major attacks included those which killed over 70 people in Gardez and Ghazni on 17 October and a double suicide bombing which killed 43 Afghan soldiers in Kandahar Province on 19 October.