Blast in Afghanistan’s Kunduz Leaves Dozens of Casualties

By Staff, Agencies

At least 33 people, including children, lost their lives and 43 others sustained injuries in a bomb blast inside a mosque in the Imam Sahib district of northern Kunduz province on Friday evening, media reported.

In a post on his Twitter account, acting Government Spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid slammed the attack and said: “We strongly condemn this crime, wishes paradise for martyred and pray for the immediate recovery of those injured.”

On Thursday, over a dozen of worshippers lost their lives and scores sustained injuries in a bomb blast inside a mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province.

The Taliban said on Friday that the mastermind behind the bomb blast against the Shia mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif who was a Daesh [Arabic for terrorist ‘ISIS/ISIL] member was arrested by their security forces.