KABUL, 24 Sept 2022:
At least seven worshippers were killed and 41 injured due to an explosion near a popular mosque in one of the safest zones of the Afghan capital yesterday, said officials.
The explosion occurred when scores of worshippers were leaving the mosque after congregational Friday noon prayers.
“(The) explosion took place in front of the Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan mosque after the Friday prayers,” said interior ministry spokesperson Abdul Nafi Takoor.
Seven people died and 41 wounded, including children, in the explosion in Afghanistan’s capital, according to a tweeted by Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran.
He added that the authorities were investigating the incident and find those responsible
No armed group has claimed responsibility for the bombing yet.
The Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Mosque is located in one of the most secured zones in the Afghan capital.
It is just a few hundred metres from the area that houses several embassies and the presidential palace.
It was the latest in a series of attacks in Kabul that suffered a wave of bomb attacks in recent months, with incidents in areas considered safe zones even during the war before the Taliban came to power.
Despite the end of the war after the withdrawal of international troops, Afghanistan has suffered several bloody attacks since the Islamists seized Kabul a year ago.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for most of these attacks.
The militant network has become the main security threat in Afghanistan.
– EFE