A suicide bomber has killed at least six people at a mosque in Afghanistan's Baghlan province. The bomb went off as worshippers were exiting the mosque in Old Baghlan City after prayers marking the start of Eid al-Adha. At least 12 people were wounded in the blast and a police officer was among those killed.Baghlan police chief Asadullah Shirzad said the explosion had hit at 9:30 a.m. local time as people were leaving prayers. He said the attacker had arrived on foot.
Siddiq Siddiqui, a spokesman for the interior ministry, said initial investigations indicated the attack was the work of the Taliban. A second attacker was arrested before he could detonate his bomb, he said.
The northern province of Baghlan had been a peaceful province of Afghanistan, but levels of violence have increased since 2010.