The 20 worst terrorist attacks of 2021

The worst terrorist attack in 2021 occurred in Kabul Afghanistan on August 26. There were 170 fatalities caused by a suicide bomber in Kabul International Airport. Out of the 20 worst terrorist attacks in 2021 six of them occurred in Afghanistan.

The 20 worst terrorist attacks of 2021, by number of fatalities

City, country (date), organisation	Number of fatalities
Kabul, Afghanistan (Islamic State- Khorasan Province) (8/26/21)	170
Yagha, Burkina Faso (Unknown) (6/5/2021)	160
Tahoua, Niger (Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA)) 3/22/2021	137
Kandahar, Afghanistan (Taliban) (7/22/21	100
Kabul, Afghanistan (Unknown) (5/8/2021)	86
Sahel, Burkina Faso (Jamaat Nusrat Al-Islam Wal Muslimin (JNIM)) (8/18/2021)	80
Tallaberi, Niger (Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) (1/2/2021)	70
Sahel, Burkina Faso (Jamaat Nusrat Al-Islam Wal Muslimin (JNIM)) (11/14/2021)	53
Kunduz, Afghanistan (Islamic State - Khorasan Province) (10/8/2021	50
Kandahar, Afghanistan (Islamic State - Khorasan Province) (15/10/21)	47
Kandahar, Afghanistan (Islamic State - Khorasan Province) (15/10/21	47
Nord, Burkina Faso (Jamaat Nusrat Al-Islam Wal Muslimin (JNIM)) (12/23/2021)	41
Sagaing, Myanmar (Anti-Junta armed group) (0/20/2021)	40
Tillaberi, Niger (Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA)) (8/16/2021)	37
Bachdad Governorate, Iraq (Islamic State (IS)) (7/19/2021	35
Mopti, Mali (Unknown) (12/3/2021)	33
Gao, Mali (Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA)) (3/15/2021)	33
Bachdad Governorate, Iraq (Islamic State (IS)) (1/21/2021	32
Sengou, Mali (Unknown) (10/6/21)	30
Magway, Myanmar (Yesagyo Peoples Defence Force) (8/23/21)	30

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Release date

March 2022

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition. Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for a religious, political or ideological goal, and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians).

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