Powerful explosion at Kabul mosque kills at the least 10 folks

A strong explosion ripped via a mosque within the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday, killing at the least 10 folks and wounding 20, a Taliban spokesman stated.

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, stated native residents, fearing the casualty toll might rise additional.

The Taliban-appointed inside ministry spokesman, Mohammad Nafi Takor, couldn’t present extra particulars and Taliban safety males cordoned off the realm. 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 stated, talking on situation of anonymity, fearing for their very own security.

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

The explosion was the newest in a collection of such blasts amid relentless assaults throughout the nation. Similar assaults on mosques have not too long ago focused the nation’s minority Shiite Muslims and had been claimed by the Islamic State group’s regional affiliate, generally known as Islamic State in Khorasan Province or IS-Okay.

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