A third incident in the country's east — an explosion in the courtyard of a religious school and mosque — killed three people and wounded at least seven Tuesday in what appeared to have been a premature bomb detonation, officials said.The blast apparently occurred as explosives were being attached to a motorcycle in preparation for an attack elsewhere, said Abdul Wakil Kamyab, the province's deputy police chief.
The leader of the mosque was taken into custody after the explosion in the Khogyani district of Ghazni province, about 70 miles southwest of Kabul, Interior Ministry spokesman Yousuf Stanezai said.