At least one person was killed and seven others were injured in a bomb blast near a mosque in northeastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, local police said.
The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a mosque in the Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province, killing at least one person and wounding seven others, police spokesman Kari Obaidoula Abedi told AFP.
A similar attack took place in the same area on 22 April. A blast at a Sufi mosque has killed at least 36 people.
“The explosives were placed inside the mosque. They were set on fire as worshipers prayed,” Abedi said.
A medical source at a local hospital confirmed the report of the attack.
There has been no responsibility so far.
An eyewitness, who asked not to be named, explained that the bomb exploded at the end of the prayer, as the faithful were preparing to leave.
It was placed near the spot where the imam – who is among the wounded – would deliver his sermon, according to the same source.
The number of attacks in the country has decreased since the Taliban came to power, but a series of deadly bombings, with dozens killed, hit the country in late April – during the holy month of Ramadan – and then in late May.
The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has claimed responsibility for most of the killings. Most of them targeted the Shiite community.
The Taliban are trying to downplay the threat posed by the so-called Islamic State in Khorasan (IKH), the local arm of the IK. They have been waging a ruthless war against this organization for years.
They multiplied the attacks, especially in the eastern province of Nangarhar, and arrested hundreds of men who allegedly belonged to his ranks.
They have been claiming for months that they have “defeated” the IKH, but analysts say the extremist organization continues to be the most important security challenge for the new regime in Afghanistan.
An explosion at a Sikh temple in Kabul
A bomb blast near the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed at least 40 people and injured dozens more, officials say.
“There were about 30 people inside the temple. We do not know how many are alive or how many are dead. The Taliban are not allowing us in, we do not know what to do,” Gornam Singh told Reuters.
Taliban officials did not confirm the blast.
Source: Capital

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