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ISIS claims responsibility for Kabul mosque bombing
(Last Updated On: May 16, 2021)
ISIS (Daesh) has claimed responsibility for Friday’s bombing at a mosque in Kabul that left at least 14 worshippers, including the mosque’s Imam, dead, SITE Intelligence Group reported.
The explosion happened inside a mosque in Shakardarah district of Kabul province during Friday prayers.
The explosion took place during a three-day Eid ceasefire between the Taliban and the Afghan government.
According to SITE, ISIS said its fighters had placed an explosive device inside the mosque and detonated it once worshippers were inside offering prayers on the second day of the Eid-ul-Fitr.
The ceasefire ended at midnight on Saturday.