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The Islamic State (IS) group yesterday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, which killed at least 41 people and injured scores more. The Friday assault came just a week after another IS-claimed attack on Shiite worshipers at a mosque in the northern city of Kunduz that killed more than 60 people. In a statement released on its Telegram channels, the jihadist group said two Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) suicide bombers carried out separate attacks on different parts of the mosque in Kandahar — the spiritual heartland of t...

Police chief says security had previously been provided by guards from Shia community but Taliban will take over now.

IS group claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in Kandahar.

A suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers, Taliban officials said, killing at least 33 people and injuring 74 others

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's Shiite minority buried their dead for the second Saturday in a row after another suicide bomb attack on a mosque claimed by the Daesh terror group group.Religious authorities in the southern city of Kandahar told AFP the toll from Friday's assault had reached 60, as hundreds of diggers opened row after row of graves in the dusty soil.The