IS claims deadly suicide attack on Shiite mosque in Afghanistan that killed at least 41 people
The attack killed at least 41 people and injured scores more.
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The attack killed at least 41 people and injured scores more.
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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...
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IS group claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in Kandahar.