An explosion at a Sunni mosque in Kabul killed at least 10 and injured 20, a Taliban official said. Hundreds had gathered on the last Friday of Ramadan.
2 blasts appearing to target Shia Muslims killed 9 yesterday, with 60+ people from minority groups killed in the past 2 weeks. pic.twitter.com/ZzPh5NJZcH
A bomb blast in a passenger van in Kabul on Saturday killed at least one person, officials said, in the second explosion in the Afghan capital in two days, as security concerns rise on the eve of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
“One woman was killed and three more injured,” Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for Kabul’s commander, told Reuters.
A day earlier, an explosion killed more than 50 worshipers after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque amid a spate of mosque attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan [.....]
ISIS on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack on a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul a day earlier that killed at least 10 worshippers.
They had detonated an explosive device placed near a bus in Kabul’s Sector 6, the group said in a message posted on its Telegram account.
The group said the attack had killed 10 people, the same toll announced by Afghanistan’s interior ministry. Kabul police said another 30 were wounded.
Afghan officials have said the attack appeared to have targeted members of the minority Sufi community performing rituals after completing Friday prayers.
Grisly images of Friday’s blast posted on social media showed survivors running out of the mosque, with some carrying victims including children [....]
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more of the same but worse
by artappraiser on Sun, 05/01/2022 - 2:26am
The bombing are so frequent, often with massive casualties, that I can't tell reports apart
That's Reuters (at The Guardian) Fri. April 29 about Friday.
This is Reuters Sat. April 30 about Saturday
Second bombing in two days in Kabul on eve of Eid al-Fitr holiday
Reuters @ Al Arabiya, April 30
This is AFP May 1 at Al Arabiya about Friday
ISIS claims attack on Kabul mosque
by artappraiser on Sun, 05/01/2022 - 9:34am