Devotees are seen inside a mosque after a bomb blast on the outskirts of Kabul on May 14, 2021, that killed at least 12 people, shattering the relative calm of a holiday ceasefire between the warring Taliban and government forces. — AFP picKABUL, May 14 — At least 12 people were killed in a mosque blast on the outskirts of the Afghan capital today, shattering the calm on the second day of a holiday ceasefire between the warring Taliban and government forces.
A spokesman for the interior ministry said the explosives were placed in the mosque ahead of the prayers. US airstrikes were launched from the base just last week to help Afghan forces push back a major Taliban offensive in the south. Khoja Yaya Alawi, a spokesman for the Afghan army in Kandahar, said they were waiting for an official handover, but that the last US troops “left the base on Wednesday”.
Afghan military analyst Kabir Darwish said the “Afghan air force does not have enough capacity to replace the US”.The airfield was formerly the second largest base for US and international troops in Afghanistan and the first airfield where US forces were stationed after the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
But the US missed the May 1 deadline, extending it to September 11 — a move which angered the Taliban.
😡😡 moron talibans .. wish our country leaders were more proactive as well in condemning this taliban killing their own country people school children now a place to pray sigh but as usual selective rite our politicians in choosing which one to comment sigh
There is no Afghan word for ceasefire.
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