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| At least two people have been killed and 16 others injured as an explosion rocked a mosque full of people during Friday prayers in the Afghan capital Kabul, according to the interior ministry. | At least two people have been killed and 16 others injured as an explosion rocked a mosque full of people during Friday prayers in the Afghan capital Kabul, according to the interior ministry. |
| "We have rushed ambulances to the blast site," said a senior official in Kabul. "The mosque was filled with many men praying." | "We have rushed ambulances to the blast site," said a senior official in Kabul. "The mosque was filled with many men praying." |
| One of the people killed in the attack has been confirmed as well-known religious scholar imam Mawlawi Samiullah Raihan.The cleric was known for supporting the Western-backed Afghan government, which is opposed by Taliban militants. The bomb was apparently planted in the microphone used by the imam, according to Jan Agha, a district police official. | One of the people killed in the attack has been confirmed as well-known religious scholar imam Mawlawi Samiullah Raihan.The cleric was known for supporting the Western-backed Afghan government, which is opposed by Taliban militants. The bomb was apparently planted in the microphone used by the imam, according to Jan Agha, a district police official. |
| The death toll could rise according to another official. | |
| So far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Taliban and the Islamic state group are well-known for similar attacks in Kabul. | |
| The district where the explosion happened is dominated by ethnic Pashtuns, most of whom are Sunni Muslims, who make up the majority of the Taliban group. | |
| Earlier a blast in a mosque in Pakistan’s city of Quetta killed one and injured seven. | |
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