Mosque blast kills 33 in Afghanistan

Since Taliban fighters seized control of Afghanistan last year after ousting the United States-backed government, the number of bombings has fallen, but the jihadist and Sunni Islamic State has continued with attacks against targets they see as heretical.

"We condemn this crime ... and express our deepest sympathies to the bereaved," he said, adding that 43 more were wounded. "The sight at the mosque was horrifying. All those who were worshipping inside the mosque were either injured or killed," Mohammad Esah, a shopkeeper who helped ferry victims to the district hospital, told AFP.A map of Afghanistan locating Imam Sahib, in the northern province of Kunduz, where a bomb ripped through a mosque, killing at least 33 people. Relatives of victims arrived at the local hospital to look for their loved ones.

About a dozen ambulances ferried the seriously wounded to the main provincial hospital in Kunduz city.

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