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Afghanistan: At least 100 killed, injured in suicide assault at Shia mosque

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On Friday (October 8) afternoon, a suicide bomber focused a Shia mosque the place 300 Muslims had been providing their Friday prayers (Jumma Namaz). The incident passed off in Afghanistan’s sixth largest metropolis of Kunduz.
In a video posted by Afghan journalist Natiq Malikzada, useless our bodies had been seen mendacity on the ground, splattered in blood and particles.
VIDEO: A really highly effective suicide assault passed off inside a mosque in Kunduz province of Afghanistan throughout friday pray.Video from @AamajN pic.twitter.com/aNW9epQTQ7— Natiq Malikzada (@natiqmalikzada) October 8, 2021
TOLO News reported that about 100 individuals had been injured and killed within the dastardly assault. No terror outfit has claimed any accountability for the assault thus far. Since the Taliban took over the nation in August, terror assaults by ISIS and its affiliated teams have elevated within the nation. Although adherents of similar basic Islamic ideology, the Taliban and ISIS see one another as enemies.
Initial reviews point out that over 100 individuals had been killed and injured in in the present day’s blast inside a mosque in Kunduz, UNAMA tweeted.#TOLOnews— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) October 8, 2021
Taliban spokesperson 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 wounded a number of our compatriots.”
#جنایت:ظهر امروز در منطقه خان اباد بندر مربوطات مرکز ولایت قندز در یک مسجد هموطنان اهل تشیع یک انفجار رخ داد، که از اثر آن تعداد هموطنان ما شهید و زخمی شدند.مجاهدین قطعه خاص به محل حادثه رسیدند و بر رسی ها را اغاز کردند.— Zabihullah (..ذبـــــیح الله م ) (@Zabehulah_M33) October 8, 2021
While talking concerning the matter, Taliban chief Ahmadullah Wasiq stated, “A number of people have been killed and wounded. Security forces have arrived at the scene and have started an investigation into the incident.” One Talib anonymously informed Reuters that a minimum of 28 individuals had been killed and an extra dozen individuals had been wounded. It is estimated that about 300 worshippers had been on the Kunduz mosque on the time of the blast.
Bomb blast at Kabul mosque the place condolence prayers for Taliban spokesperson’s deceased mom had been being held
A robust bomb blast in a mosque in Kabul in Afghanistan killed a number of individuals on Sunday (October 3). The blast passed off on the historic Eidgah mosque within the metropolis. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid knowledgeable that the blast had left a variety of civilian casualties. Although the official variety of casualties weren’t launched, social media posts instructed that a minimum of 5 individuals had died whereas many extra had been injured within the blast. 
Incidentally, the blast focused the memorial prayers of the mom of Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid. Mujahid’s mom had handed away on September 27. On October 2, he had knowledgeable that the Fateha of his mom can be supplied on the mosque on Sunday from 2 pm to five pm. This made it clear that the bomb blast passed off particularly to focus on the condolence prayer on the mosque.