11 killed, more than 30 wounded in Badakhshan mosque attack: MoI 

The interior ministry of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said at least 11 people were killed in Thursday morning’s explosion in the Nabawi mosque in Faizabad city in Badakhshan province. 

“Enemies of Islam and the country caused an explosion in the Faizabad’s Nabawi mosque of Badakhshan Province around 11 o’clock this morning when many citizens were participating in the prayer ceremony of Martyr Nisar Ahmed Ahmadi,” the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry said that based on preliminary information, 11 people were killed and more than 30 others were wounded in this incident.

“The exact details of which the incident will be shared later,” read the statement.

“The Ministry of Interior condemns this brutality of the disgraced enemies and with full commitment once again insists on the practical continuation of suppressing and destroying the evil perpetrators of such incidents,” read the statement. 

Sources say that Mawlavi Safiullah, the former police commander of Baghlan province, died in Thursday’s blast.

On the other hand, Moazuddin Ahmadi, head of information and culture of Badakhshan, confirms the death of the former commander of Baghlan, but did not confirm the death of the Economy Minister and called the news of his death false.

It is said that both of them were from Yaftal district of Badakhshan Province.