KUNDUZ, Oct 9 (NNN-ANA) – The death toll from a suicide bomb explosion at a mosque in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz city has risen to 46, while 143 others were wounded, a provincial source confirmed yesterday.
The blast occurred inside a Shiite Muslim mosque building, in the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, roughly at 2:00 p.m. local time, when worshippers were offering the Friday prayers.
“The number of deaths may further rise, as many of the wounded were in critical condition,” Matiullah Rohani, of the provincial cultural and information directorate, said.
Unofficial sources said, about 60 people lost their lives in the attack.
No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing yet.
The security situation remained generally calm but uncertain, across Afghanistan, since the Taliban’s takeover in mid-Aug.
However, a spate of bomb attacks were launched by the Daesh militants in the national capital, Kabul, and Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, in recent weeks.
Last Sunday, eight people were killed and 20 others wounded, in an explosion outside a mosque in Kabul, for which the Daesh militants claimed responsibility.– NNN-ANA
