IEA pledges to hunt down and punish Kunduz mosque attackers

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has pledged to track down and punish the perpetrators of Friday’s explosion in a Kunduz mosque that killed at least 120 people and wounded 150 others.

According to Zabihullah Mujahid: “The Islamic Emirate strongly condemns this heinous act and promises to find and punish the perpetrators of this heinous crime. InshAllah (God Willing).

The explosions happened during Friday prayers at the Shia mosque in Khanabad Bandar area in Kunduz city.

Daesh (ISIS-K) issued a statement late Friday on its Amaq news channel claiming responsibility for the attack. According to Daesh, the suicide bomber was ethnic Uyghur, a Muslim minority in western China.

“A Shia mosque was blown up by Takfiris in the Khanabad Bandar area of central Kunduz province this afternoon, killing several of our compatriots and injuring several others,” Mujahid said on Twitter late Friday night.

The international community has also condemned the attack including the UN and the EU.

US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad also raised his voice against the incident and called for the perpetrators to be investigated and brought to justice. “All Afghans deserve to live and worship in peace,” he said.