POLITICS
08.10.2021 | 20:16
A blast at a mosque during Friday Prayer killed dozens of people in northern Afghanistan, according to a Taliban official, the latest reminder of the precarious security situation across the country after the Taliban’s recent takeover, The New York Time reported.
Witness accounts described a powerful explosion with many casualties. Matullah Rohani, a Taliban official in Kunduz, confirmed the death toll and said more than 140 were injured as well.
There was no immediate claim of responsibly for the attack on the Shiite mosque in Kunduz Province. But it came days after an attack by the Islamic State outside a mosque in Kabul, the capital, which killed several people.
The Islamic State, a Sunni extremist group, has long targeted Shiite Muslims in Afghanistan, focusing almost exclusively on the Hazara ethnic minority, which is heavily Shiite.
