An explosion rocked a mosque in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat on Friday, killing 15 people, a Taliban official said. The blast occurred at Herat’s Gujargah mosque during Friday afternoon prayers, a highlight of the Muslim religious week when places of worship are mainly crowded.
There was no on-the-spot claim of responsibility. Previous mosque attacks have been claimed through the Islamic State extremist group, which has carried out a collection of assaults on non secular and ethnic minorities in Afghanistan, as well as Taliban targets.
The Herat mosque attracts followers of Sunni Islam, the dominant circulate in Afghanistan that is additionally accompanied by the aid of the Taliban. In the 12 months given that the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the Islamic State crew attacked quite a few mosques in suicide assaults throughout Friday prayers, with a center of attention on targeting Shiite Muslims.
The Taliban official, Abdul Nafi Takor, tested Friday’s explosion and said there have been dead and wounded, however, had no additional details.
