Blasts At Kandahar Mosque Kill 35

Second Attack On A Shia Place Of Worship In A Week

- Omer Farooq Khan

Islamabad: At least 35 worshippers were killed and more than 70 others injured after three suicide bombers detonated their explosives inside a mosque during the weekly Friday congregation prayers in the neighbourhood of the minority Shia community in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. An AP report put the toll at 47, quoting a Taliban official. The incident took place a week after dozens of people were killed in a bloody attack on a Shia mosque during the congregation prayers in the northern province of Kunduz. The previous attack was claimed by the IS-K, a regional affiliate of the Islamic State. Local residents said that three blasts took place one after another at Bibi Fatima mosque in the heart of the Kandahar city.