Blast at mosque in Kandahar kills at least 15, injures dozens

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A blast at a Shi'ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar killled at least 15 people and wounded 31, though the total is expected to rise

A large explosion tore through a Shi’ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar killing at least 15 people and wounding 31A large explosion tore through a Shi’ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers, killing at least 15 people and wounding 31, with the casualty toll likely to rise, officials said.

Photographs and mobile phone footage posted by journalists on social media showed many people apparently dead or seriously wounded on the bloody floor of the Imam Bargah mosque. Taliban special forces arrived to secure the site and an appeal went out to residents to donate blood for the wounded.The blast, coming so soon after the Kunduz attack underlined the increasingly uncertain security in Afghanistan as the Taliban grapple with an escalating economic and humanitarian crisis that threatens millions with hunger.

 

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