Afghanistan mosque explosion kills, wounds scores of worshippers

No less than 100 folks had been killed or wounded Friday after an explosion at a Shiite Muslim mosque in northern Afghanistan, a Taliban police legitimate stated. 

Nobody has but claimed duty for the blast on the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in Kunduz, the capital of Kunduz province. Dost Mohammad Obaida, the deputy police leader for Kunduz province, stated that almost all of sufferers had been killed. 

Folks raise the frame of a sufferer following a bombing in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. An impressive explosion in a mosque frequented by way of a Muslim non secular minority in northern Afghanistan on Friday has left a number of casualties, witnesses and the Taliban’s spokesman stated. (AP Photograph/Abdullah Sahil)
(AP Photograph/Abdullah Sahil)

The demise toll – if showed – would stand because the easiest since U.S. and NATO forces left Afghanistan on the finish of August and the Taliban took keep watch over of the rustic. 

Officers imagine that the explosion is also the paintings of militants from Islamic State, which has an extended historical past of attacking Afghanistan’s Shiite minority. 

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“I guarantee our Shiite brothers that the Taliban are ready to verify their protection,” Obaida stated, including that an investigation was once underway.

Mosques are normally crowded all over the Friday midday prayer. Witness Ali Reza stated he was once praying on the time of the explosion and reported seeing many casualties. 

Folks view the wear inside a mosque following a bombing in Kunduz, province northern Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. (AP Photograph/Abdullah Sahil)
(AP Photograph/Abdullah Sahil)

Taliban management have since struggled with the rising risk from native Islamic State associate ISIS-Ok. 

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The associate crew claimed duty for horrific assault on Aug. 26 that killed 13 U.S. army staff and 170 Afghan electorate outdoor the Kabul airport all over the U.S. army withdrawal from Afghanistan. 

The Related Press contributed to this record.