Suicide bomber targets mosque in Kabul's Green Zone

LATEST ATTACK. In this file photo, Muslims offer prayers at the start of the Eid al-Fitr festival which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque in Kabul on May 24, 2020. File photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP

No group immediately claimed the evening explosion in Kabul, which occurred at a popular mosque located on the edge of the Green Zone. The attack comes on the heels of an Islamic State group-claimed bombing Saturday, May 30, against a television station's minibus in central Kabul that killed a journalist and the driver.

No group claimed responsibility, but Kunduz provincial spokesman Esmatullah Muradi blamed the Taliban. President Ashraf Ghani had welcomed the Taliban ceasefire offer and authorities responded by announcing around 2,000 Taliban prisoners would be released in a"goodwill gesture" with a view to kickstarting peace talks.

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