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Afghanistan

Suicide bomber kills at least 100 at Shi'ite mosque in northern Afghanistan after string of ISIS-K attacks as country descends further into chaos in wake of US withdrawal

2021-10-09

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Mo would be proud

Bomb blast hit the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in Kunduz city, northern Afghanistan during Friday prayers

At least 100 people died and scores more were wounded in the blast targeting the minority Shi'ite community

It is the deadliest blast since the US withdrew, Taliban took control on August 30

Tolo News adds:

A jacket wallah detonated his explosives among worshippers in a mosque in Kunduz city on Friday afternoon during the Friday prayers, local security officials said.

The deputy minister of information and culture, Zabiullah Mujahid tweeted, "Today in the afternoon, in the Khanabad Bandar area in the capital city of Kunduz, a blast targeted a mosque belonging to our Shia citizens and martyred and maimed a number of our compatriots," he tweeted.

Ahmadullah Wasiq, deputy head of the Cultural Commission of the Ministry of Information and Culture, said the attack occurred at a Shia Mosque. "A number of people have been killed and maimed. Security forces have arrived at the scene and have started an investigation into the incident," he said.

The director of the culture and information department in Kunduz says that 43 people were killed and over 140 were maimed in today’s suicide kaboom at the mosque in Kunduz city.

Local security officials said over 300 hundred people were attending the Friday prayers when the attack happened.

So while we wait for the fog of vapourized jacketwallah to disperse, at least we know the maximum possible casualty number.
From Deutsche Welle:

The so-called "Islamic State" (IS) militant group claimed responsibility for the suicide attack, saying they had targeted the Shiite Hazara ethnic group.

A Taliban official cited by the AFP news agency said the explosion was a suicide attack. IS later said in a statement on its Telegram channels that a suicide bomber "detonated an explosive vest amid a crowd".

Another statement said that the perpetrator had been from the Uyghur Muslim minority group that the "Taliban had vowed to expel" from Afghanistan.

The Times of Israel adds:

An international aid worker at the MSF hospital in the city told AFP there were fears of further attacks.

“Hundreds of people are gathered at the main gate of the hospital and crying for their relatives but armed Taliban guys are trying to prevent gatherings in case another explosion is planned,” he said.

Ethnic Hazaras, who are mostly minority Shiite Muslims, make up about 6% of Kunduz’s population of nearly 1 million people. The province also has a large ethnic Uzbek population that has been targeted for recruitment by the IS, which is closely aligned with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.

According to previous notes, IMU has training camps in Jawzjan and Faryab provinces along the Af-Pak border, one of the 20+ jihadi groups there. Their 300 or so hard boys are nestled among the large native Uzbek population. In 2011 Khatiba Imam al-Bukhari (KIB) split off to fight with the Taliban, then split again in 2015 when a group of KIB joined Al Nusra in Syria.
Courtesy of Frank G., even more from the Jerusalem Post:

A suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province on Friday, killing scores of worshippers in the country's third attack this week on a religious institution.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack that state-run Bakhtar news agency said had killed 46 people and wounded 143. Two health officials told Reuters the death toll could be between 70 and 80.

The blast, which the United Nations' mission in Afghanistan called part of a disturbing pattern of violence, follows others in recent days at a mosque in Kabul and a religious school in the eastern province of Khost.

Posted by:Skidmark

#10 AFAIK, Hazaras are the principal minority associated with Shiism in Afghanistan. They're said to be descended from Mongol invaders. I thought Islam was supposed to turn the meek into stone killers. Obviously failed with the Hazaras.

TBH, though, what's equally likely is that their Mongol conqueror forebears converted so they wouldn't have to conduct a root and branch extermination of the Muslim subjects they ruled over. Hard to shear a bunch of dead sheep. Same reason Henry of Navarre became a Catholic. Whatever the merits of Tengrism as an aid to morale in wartime, Herat is worth a shahadah.

Posted by: Zhang Fei 2021-10-09 15:24

#9 “ leading stream of Islam in Sunni Saudi Arabia, is extremely anti-Shiite,

As I recall, the oil is under the Shiite part. If they were allowed to think themselves equal, they might start getting ideas about who should profit from its extraction.

Posted by: trailing wife 2021-10-09 13:51

#8 Shite

Posted by: Threrens Chiling4839 2021-10-09 12:50

#7 “ leading stream of Islam in Sunni Saudi Arabia, is extremely anti-Shiite, since certain Shiite practices conflict with Wahhabi Islamic practice. These include grave visitation and inordinate reverence for the Prophet and his family.” We can only hope the Saudi’s kill the Shiite sect. Notice how similar Shiite is to Sh1t?

Posted by: Vinegar Prince of the French3876 2021-10-09 12:46

#6 “ Shiites believe the Prophet Mohammed should have been succeeded by his son-in-law, Imam Ali, and leadership of the Muslim world should pass through the prophet's descendants. Sunnis don't believe the leadership of the Muslim world should necessarily pass through hereditary succession.”

Posted by: Vinegar Prince of the French3876 2021-10-09 12:41

#5 1500 years of Muslim Unity™

Posted by: Frank G 2021-10-09 08:51

#4 Hooray!! the sunni and shia are at it again and we win!

Posted by: irish rage boy 2021-10-09 08:46

#3 Hopefully we can keep it that way OP.

Posted by: Besoeker 2021-10-09 07:46

#2 And no Americans were killed?

That's all that matters.

Posted by: Omomolet Phutch9064 2021-10-09 01:36

#1 R2P screeching bullsh*t "We gotta go back" from all the usual suspects in 3-2-1...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-10-09 00:28

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