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Every week has a Friday. [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
Murtaza, who and like many Afghans goes by one name, said he was inside the mosque during the attack and reported four explosions: two outside and two inside. He said Friday prayers at the mosque typically draw about 500 people. A local resident who identified himself only as Ahmadullah said: 'Firing started after we ended the prayers. Then two or three explosions took place.’ The latest attack is significant because it took place in Kandahar, the ancestral homeland of the Taliban. Many Afghans backed the Taliban retaking control of the country because they believed the Islamist group could bring security and stability. Interior ministry spokesman Qari Sayed Khosti tweeted: 'We are saddened to learn that an explosion took place in a mosque of the Shiite brotherhood in the first district of Kandahar city in which a number of our compatriots were martyred and wounded. 'Special forces of the Islamic Emirate have arrived in the area to determine the nature of the incident and bring the perpetrators to justice.' ISIS-K has links to the Taliban through the Haqqani Network - a mercenary force run by the Haqqani family, whose members form part of the new Afghan government. But the two groups are ideologically opposed and have been at war with each-other since 2015, when ISIS-K was established in Afghanistan. Formed at the height of ISIS's so-called Caliphate across Iraq and Syria, ISIS-K was intended to extend the group's reach into Afghanistan. It poached fighters from Taliban ranks who believed the group was not extreme enough, causing a rift between the group's leaders. Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, a senior Taliban figure, then wrote a missive to ISIS spiritual leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi suggesting that any expansion of the ISIS caliphate into Afghanistan should happen only under the Taliban banner. This caused fighting to break out between the two groups, which continued until 2019 when a series of defeats effectively stopped ISIS-K fighting traditional battles.
The blasts are said to be carried out by three suicide bombers who shot the security guards of the mosque and then entered to detonate their explosives.
The targeted mosque is in Kandahar city’s police district one (PD1). Eyewitnesses said three back-to-back explosions hit the mosque, one of the biggest in Kandahar city, causing high casualties. According to eyewitnesses, three men equipped with guns and explosives first opened fire on the worshipers and then detonated their explosives in three different parts of the city.
In a statement released on its Telegram channels, the jihadist group said that two suicide bombers carried out separate attacks on different parts of the mosque while worshippers prayed inside. “The first suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest… in a mosque hallway, while the second suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest in the mosque’s center,” the statement said. | ||||
Posted by:Skidmark |
#5 Religion of Peace™ |
Posted by: Frank G 2021-10-16 12:06 |
#4 My sympathy ran out years ago. G'bye to all that. |
Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-10-16 12:02 |
#3 #2: "to be at all optimistic about how this is going to turn out" ... hopefully with a lot of titsup muzzies. I dont care how they kill each other as long as they kill each other and not 'us'. |
Posted by: irish rage boy 2021-10-16 11:39 |
#2 While I am sympathetic for the dead and maimed, would I be considered too callous by saying this is the reality of Islam It is the frog and the scorpion The fanatics have now turned on each other and the side deals the Taliban made with them have bills coming due I’ve speytoo much time in Islamic pestholes to be at all optimistic about how this is going to turn out And with our porous borders we should expect to see similar acts of love and tolerance in a city near you soon Thank you Mr. Drooling Empty Suit and your puppet masters |
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2021-10-16 11:21 |
#1 62 killed, 68 injured as blast hits Afghan mosque in Kandahar |
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-10-15 09:22 |