10 killed in explosion at Kabul mosque, a number of wounded

An explosion ripped by means of Khalifa Aga Gul Jan Mosque in Kabul on Friday, killing at the least 10 folks and wounding 20.

An explosion ripped by means of Khalifa Aga Gul Jan Mosque in Kabul on Friday, killing at the least 10 folks and wounding 20. (Photo: Reuters/File)

A robust explosion ripped by means of a mosque within the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday, killing at the least 10 folks and wounding 20, a Taliban spokesman mentioned.

Hundreds of worshippers had gathered for prayers on the final Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramdan and the Khalifa Aga Gul Jan Mosque was packed, mentioned native residents, fearing the casualty toll may rise additional.

The Taliban-appointed inside ministry spokesman, Mohammad Nafi Takor, couldn’t present extra particulars and Taliban safety males cordoned off the world. The supply of the explosion was not instantly identified and nobody has claimed duty for the blast.

The explosion was so loud that the neighborhood of the mosque shook from the blast, the residents mentioned, talking on situation of anonymity, fearing for their very own security.

Ambulances raced to the positioning, driving as much as the tip of a slim avenue in an jap neighborhood of Kabul to achieve the mosque, which belongs to Afghanistan’s majority Sunni Muslims.

The explosion was the newest in a sequence of such blasts amid relentless assaults throughout the nation. Similar assaults on mosques have just lately focused the nation’s minority Shiite Muslims and have been claimed by the Islamic State group’s regional affiliate, often called Islamic State in Khorasan Province or IS-Ok.

IS has stepped up its assaults throughout Afghanistan to grow to be the first enemy of the Taliban since their takeover of the nation final August.

Kabul’s Italian-run EMERGENCY hospital, which treats solely the war-wounded, tweeted that its employees reported the ability has admitted at the least “20 wounded folks” following the explosion.

Last week, 33 Shiite worshippers died within the northern metropolis of Mazar-e-Sharif, when a bomb struck their mosque and an adjoining spiritual college. IS has claimed duty for that assault.

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