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Afghanistan

Bomb explodes at Afghan mosque during Friday prayers causing multiple injuries and fatalities

2021-11-13

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Explosion ripped through a mosque in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, today

IED placed inside the village of Traili mosque detonated at 1.30pm during Friday prayers, locals said

Multiple people killed and injured, officials said, though it appears at least 15 people were hurt

No group has claimed responsibility, but Nangarhar province is home to ISIS-K which has been behind a series of recent mosque bombings in Afghanistan

Today's attack appears unusual because locals said the target was a Sunni house of prayer. All previous attacks have hit Shia mosques.

On Wednesday, a spokesman for the Taliban intelligence service told reporters in Kabul that the agency has arrested close to 600 IS members, including key figures and financial supporters.

The spokesman, Khalil Hamraz, said at least 33 IS members have been killed in gun battles with Taliban security forces.

Khaama Press adds:

Provincial officials of the eastern Nangarhar province have confirmed the explosion in a mosque of Spin Ghar district but did not disclose the exact number of casualties.

Local officials and eyewitnesses said that the blast killed at least three people and wounded 15 more.

The explosion has targeted worshipers in a mosque during Friday prayer and those killed include the Imam of the mosque too.

Though the local officials did not say anything about the nature of the explosion, eyewitnesses said that explosives were planted close to the loudspeaker of the mosque.

A twitter post claimed to show a photo of one of the bombs that didn't go off with electronics keyed to fire when the loudspeaker began to broadcast the call to prayer.

No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion yet but the ISIS-K fighters have been targeting mosques in Afghanistan.

This is third mosque being targeted be the ISIS-K affiliates since the Taliban takeover on August 15.

Posted by:Skidmark

#4 arm both sides.

Posted by: irish rage boy 2021-11-13 18:47

#3 ^^^
Moose Limb on Moose Limb violence...who would have thought... the religion of peace... nah, fake news.

/sarc

Posted by: Glolush Glolusing5712 2021-11-13 14:06

#2 me too frank, god awful sounding shit.

Posted by: Chris 2021-11-13 12:47

#1 electronics keyed to fire when the loudspeaker began to broadcast the call to prayer.

I can understand the motivation.

Posted by: Frank G 2021-11-13 05:15

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