Afghanistan faces a humanitarian catastrophe
Kabul, Afghanistan — Afghanistan At least 21 people, including a prominent cleric, were bombed during Wednesday night prayers at a mosque in the capital Kabul were killed and at least 33 injured. said the eyewitness.
Khalid Zadran, spokesman for the Taliban-appointed Kabul police chief, provided figures to the Associated Press after Wednesday's bombing of a Sunni mosque.
It was the latest attack to hit the country in the years since the Taliban took power. It is reported to contain several children.
His local ISIS-affiliated group said the United States and his NATO forces were in the final stages of taking over last August by former militants. , has stepped up attacks targeting the Taliban and civilians. withdrawal from their country. Last week, ISIS claimed responsibility for the murder of a prominent Taliban cleric at his religious center in Kabul.
According to witnesses, residents of the city's Her Khanna district, where the Siddiqiyah Mosque was targeted, said the explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber. The cleric killed was Mullah Amir Mohammad Kabri, a witness said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Taliban spokesman Zabihur Mujahid said, "Perpetrators of such crimes will soon be brought to justice and punished." '' he swore.
An eyewitness to the blast named Qyaamuddin told his Associated Press: Some Afghans go by a single name.
An AP journalist could see a blue-roofed Sunni mosque from a nearby hillside. The Taliban parked police trucks and other vehicles at the mosque.
Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, a US-led invasion overthrew the previous Taliban regime that had hosted al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.
The former militants have faced a devastating economic crisis since regaining power as the international community, which does not recognize the Taliban government, has frozen funding for the country.
Separately, the Taliban confirmed Wednesday that they had captured and killed Mehdi Mujahid as he was trying to cross the border into Iran in western Herat province.
Mujahid is a former Taliban commander in the Barqab district of northern Salepur province, a Shiite Hazara minority within the ranks of the Taliban.He was the only member of the community.
The Mujahids had turned against the Taliban over the past year after opposing decisions by Taliban leaders in Kabul.
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