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Kabul — Twenty-one people were killed in an explosion that hit a Kabul mosque during Wednesday night prayer services, Kabul police said Thursday.
Police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said another 33 people were injured in the blast.
Witnesses told Reuters that a powerful explosion was heard in a neighborhood north of Kabul, shattering windows of nearby buildings.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, and authorities did not publicly identify responsibility.
The Taliban hijacked and overthrew the US-backed government a year ago. Since then, it has said it has restored order to the war-torn country. However, several large-scale attacks, claimed by Islamic State, have occurred in recent months in the heart of the city.
Victims of War In a statement, an emergency hospital run by an Italian NGO that specializes in the treatment of children said it had admitted 27 people, including five children. blast. Two people died in the emergency room and one patient died, said Stefano Sozza, Afghanistan's country director of emergencies.
In August, the hospital treated 80 patients from his six different mass casualty incidents, including serious incidents such as explosions and mass shootings.
"The country is suffering the consequences of a very long conflict that has damaged its future," said Soza. (Reporting by Mohammad Yunus Yawar; Writing by Charlotte Greenfield; Editing by Muralikmar Anantaraman and Peter Graf)
