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Blast Targets Mosque in Kabul
 [ToloNews] A blast occurred among worshipers at a mosque in PD 17 of Kabul, the Kabul security department said. Khalid Zadran, a front man for the Kabul security department, said that the Islamic Emirate’s forces have arrived in the area. Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, a new, even louder, voice was to be heard... Emergency hospital in Kabul on Twitter said that it received 27 people from the incident. "27 people received at our hospital so far following a kaboom in the PD17 area. 5 children among them, including a 7-year- old," Emergency Hospital said. There has been no official statement on casualties yet. Photos of an Islamic holy man, Amir Mohammad Kabuli, have spread on social media, and it is claimed that he was killed in the blast. No one has grabbed credit for the blast. A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 27, an eyewitness and police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the latest to strike the country in the year since the Taliban seized power. Several children were reported to be among the wounded. The Islamic State group’s local affiliate has stepped up attacks targeting the Taliban and civilians since the former insurgents’ takeover last August as US and NATO troops were in the final stages of their withdrawal from the country. Last week, the IS claimed responsibility for killing a prominent Taliban cleric at his religious center in Kabul. According to the eyewitness, a resident of the city’s Kher Khanna neighborhood where the Siddiquiya Mosque was targeted, the explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber. The slain cleric was Mullah Amir Mohammad Kabuli, the eyewitness said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. He added that more than 30 other people were wounded. Posted by: trailing wife 2022-08-18 |
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