Afghanistan: Massive bomb blast at mosque throughout Friday Namaz

A high-intensity bomb blast has occurred at a mosque in Traili city in Nangarhar province in japanese Afghanistan on Friday afternoon. The explosion occurred in entrance of a mosque within the Spin Ghar district at round 1.30 pm, in the course of the Friday Namaz. Though the precise numbers aren’t but recognized, it’s being anticipated that the explosion has left a minimum of three folks lifeless and greater than 35 have been wounded, together with the imam of the mosque.
At least 3 killed and 35 injured following an explosion throughout Friday prayers at a mosque in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. Reports say, the priest of the mosque has additionally been injured. @AnasMallick brings you the detailsFor extra movies, go to: https://t.co/AXC5qRugeb pic.twitter.com/vCLU1JkKCx— WION (@WIONews) November 12, 2021
Spin Ghar district of the japanese province of Afghanistan has been a hotbed of ISIS exercise for the reason that Taliban seized energy within the nation in August. Footage of the blast was shared on social media in the aftermath.
Video: At least 3 folks killed and 20 injured in #Nangarhar blast. #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/zvdspvm6n1— Alisher Shahir|علی شیر شهیر (@ashershahir) November 12, 2021
A video circulating on social media purportedly confirmed smoke rising above the neighbourhood.
#تازه: نوار تصویری که به دسترس ما قرار گرفته نشان دهنده انفجار عظیم امروز و صدای تیر اندازی در ولایت ننگرهار، در مسجدی در منطقه «تریلی» ولسوالی اسپین غر ننگرهار است.@QaderiHomeira @mujahidandarabi @AlArabiya_Fa @HuriaSamira @AnisaShaheed1 pic.twitter.com/rJP22JNeKJ— شورای نظار – Saranwal Ali (@ShorayNezarAAES) November 12, 2021
TOLO News journalist shared visuals the place the injured have been seen being taken to the hospital.
Initial reviews 15 wounded have been taken to hospitals. pic.twitter.com/URJQnlY4He— Abdulhaq Omeri (@AbdulhaqOmeri) November 12, 2021
Agence France-Presse (AFP) has quoted a Taliban official as saying: “I can confirm a blast during Friday prayers inside a mosque in Spin Ghar district. There are casualties and fatalities.”
The worldwide newspaper additional quoted an area activist named Walli Mohammed as confirming that the bomb was hidden in a loudspeaker close to the imam’s rostrum. When the speaker was switched on to sound the Azaan, the gadget detonated, he added.
While nobody has claimed accountability for the incident, it’s the newest in a collection of such blasts which have focused Mosques within the war-torn nation. In the latest previous, the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP), an affiliate of ISIL militant group, has claimed accountability for various terror assaults in Afghanistan.
On October 9, hours after a suicide bomber focused a Shia mosque in Kunduz, the place 300 Muslims have been providing their Friday prayers (Jumma Namaz), the Sunni terror outfit Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) had claimed accountability for the dastardly assault.
ISKP and the targetting of Shia Muslims in Afghanistan
The latest rise of the Taliban to energy in Afghanistan has accentuated the concern of the Hazara neighborhood who had earlier been focused by ISKP. Islamic State of Khorasan Province follows the extremist Sunni ideology and has been concerned in a number of terror actions, together with the bombing on the Kabul airport on August 26 that claimed the lives of 13 US troopers. ISKP is an offshoot of the Islamic State terror group (ISIS) that operates in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.