Damaged wall of a mosque is seen following a suicide bombers attack in the city of Kandahar, southwest Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that was packed with worshippers attending Friday prayers, killing several people and wounding others, according to a hospital official and a witness.
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that killed 47 people and wounded scores more. In a statement posted late Friday on social media, IS said two of the group’s members shot and killed security guards manning the entrance of the Fatimiya mosque in Kandahar province.IS’s news agency Amaq in a statement gave the names of the attackers as Anas al-Khurasani and Abu Ali al-Baluchi, both Afghan nationals.
The attack came a week after a bombing claimed by the local Islamic State affiliate killed 46 people at a Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan, raising fears that IS — an enemy of both the Taliban and the West — is expanding its foothold in Afghanistan. Friday’s attack was the deadliest to strike Afghanistan since the dramatic U.S. exit from the country, which allowed the Taliban to seize control of the Afghan capital. It was also the first major attack by the group in the country’s south.IS carries out frequent attacks in its eastern stronghold, but recently has shown signs of expansion, with attacks in the north and Kabul.
That's not RELIGION
Should we spend more trillions?
Muslim on Muslim violence. Been going on for centuries.
ISIS-K is settling into its new sanctuary. Wonder how long it will be before ISIS-K and Taliban clash over who has the power?
So now it's going to be conflicts between sunny and Shia groups leading to more loss of lives and property in this country . It's the beginning of another problem for the people there.
No money for food etc but bombs.. these people have more access to electronics in the middle of a desert than I do in Florida. Same people telling you they are evil supply the weapons. Marine Corps ‘98. Like they are supposed to just be targets and DO NOTHING👎🏽
usis. us army and cia move isis and related fighters to Afghanistan as american top wants to repeat there Syrian scenario.
More deaths in the name of an imaginary dude in the sky who others think is a crock of bullshit because THEY believe in another imaginary old dude in the sky.
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