Explosion at a mosque in northeastern Afghanistan kills several, media reports say
Posted Date – 08:00 AM, Fri – 09/06/23
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Kabul: According to media reports, an explosion occurred in a mosque in northeastern Afghanistan, causing many casualties.
Reports said several local Taliban officials were among the dead and injured.
A local official said the blast occurred during a prayer service for the deputy governor of Badakhshan province, who was killed by a car bomb earlier this week, the BBC reported.
The Islamic State militant group said they carried out the car bomb attack.
Muizuddin Ahmadi, the local Taliban information chief, said it was unclear how many people had been killed in the mosque bombing in the provincial capital Faizabad, but there had been multiple casualties.
Mourners attend the funeral of Maulvi Ahmadi, the Taliban deputy governor of Badakhshan province, who was killed on his way to work on Tuesday. One person was killed and six others were injured in that attack, the BBC reported.
Two local Taliban officials, including a former police commander in northern Baghlan province, were killed at the mosque, two sources confirmed to the BBC.
Witnesses said gunshots could be heard after the explosion.
According to the BBC, the video showed several wounded arriving at the capital hospital in an ambulance.
