Afghanistan: Toll in twin blast inside mosque touches 62
Explosives were planted inside the mosque and it took off when the people were busy worshiping. No one has claimed responsibility yet for this attack.
Kabul: Twin blasts rocked a mosque in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Friday which claimed the lives of 62 people and left more than 100 people wounded.
As reported, at least 62 people were killed in the blasts inside the mosque during Friday prayers.
"The incident took place at approximately 01:30 pm, in the Jaw Dara area of the Haska Meyna district," Attaullah Khogyani, spokesperson for the Nangarhar Governor Khogyani said.
According to the local authorities, explosives were placed inside the mosque and it took off when the people were busy worshiping.
President Ghani's spokesperson Sediq Sediqqi in a tweet strongly condemned today's blasts in a mosque in the Haska Meyna district of Nangarhar province.
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The Afghan government strongly condemns today’s suicide attack in a mosque in Nangarhar province in which 26 innocent Afghans lost their lives and many others wounded. The Taliban and their partners heinous crimes continue to target civilians in time of worship.
— Sediq Sediqqi (@SediqSediqqi) October 18, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">The Afghan government strongly condemns today’s suicide attack in a mosque in Nangarhar province in which 26 innocent Afghans lost their lives and many others wounded. The Taliban and their partners heinous crimes continue to target civilians in time of worship.
— Sediq Sediqqi (@SediqSediqqi) October 18, 2019The Afghan government strongly condemns today’s suicide attack in a mosque in Nangarhar province in which 26 innocent Afghans lost their lives and many others wounded. The Taliban and their partners heinous crimes continue to target civilians in time of worship.
— Sediq Sediqqi (@SediqSediqqi) October 18, 2019
Taliban has denied any involvement in the attack.
This comes two days after the Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing near police headquarters that claimed the lives of two members of the Afghan Security Forces and injured 26 other people in Afghanistan's eastern province of Laghman.
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