Taliban official: At least 100 useless, wounded in Afghan blast

A Taliban police official says at the very least 100 individuals have been killed and wounded in a mosque explosion concentrating on Shiite Muslims in northern Afghanistan. Dost Mohammad Obaida says the “majority of them have been killed”. There was no quick declare for the blast in Kunduz province, however Islamic State militants have an extended historical past of attacking Afghanistan’s Shiite Muslim minority.
If confirmed, the demise toll in Friday’s assault could be the very best in an assault by militants since US and NATO troops left Afghanistan on the finish of August and the Taliban took management of the nation.
People carry the physique of a sufferer from a mosque following a bombing in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan, Friday. (AP)
A robust explosion in a mosque frequented by a spiritual minority group in northern Afghanistan on Friday has left a number of casualties, witnesses and the Taliban’s spokesman mentioned.
The blast occurred in a Shiite mosque in Kunduz province throughout the weekly Friday prayer service on the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque when members of the Shiite non secular minority usually are available in massive numbers for worship. Witness Ali Reza mentioned he was praying on the time of the explosion and reported seeing many casualties.
Videos and images on social media and elsewhere seem to indicate individuals looking the destroyed mosque and shifting a worshipper’s physique from the grotesque scene to an ambulance.
A person walks down blood-stained steps of a mosque following a bombing in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan. (AP)
Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid mentioned the Shiite mosque was the goal and {that a} “large number” of worshippers had been killed and wounded. He mentioned Taliban particular forces had arrived to the scene and had been investigating the incident.

#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
The reason behind the blast was not instantly clear. No group has but claimed accountability for it.
The Taliban management has been grappling with a rising risk from the native Islamic State affiliate, referred to as the Islamic State in Khorasan. IS militants have ramped up assaults to focus on their rivals, together with two lethal bombings in Kabul.
IS has additionally focused Afghanistan’s non secular minorities in assaults.