KABUL – At least three people were killed and 15 others injured after a mosque was targeted in a blast in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province during Friday prayers.
The explosion occurred in Spin Ghar district of the eastern province, where Daesh militant are actively carrying out their terror activities since the Taliban seized control of Kabul in mid-August.
A Taliban official has also confirmed that the blast happened during the Friday prayers, leaving prayer leaders and others severely injured.
A doctor at a local hospital told media that at least three people have lost their lives so far.
The Afghan branch of the Daesh group, which first emerged in Nangarhar in 2015, has claimed responsibility for a series of bloody attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban came into power.
