Blast hits mosque in Kabul during prayers, injuring six
KABUL (Reuters) – An explosion rocked a mosque in central Kabul throughout prayer time on Wednesday, injuring a minimum of six individuals, officers mentioned.
The blast was the second in per week within the Afghan capital, after one other tore by way of the primary cash change centre, killing one particular person and injuring dozens.
Wednesday’s explosion occurred after somebody threw a grenade on the mosque, and one particular person had been arrested, in line with a spokesman for Kabul’s navy commander.
The assaults have hit the capital after a relative lull in violence over the chilly winter months.
The ruling Islamist Taliban say they’ve secured the nation since taking up in August and most preventing has ended. However worldwide officers and analysts say that the chance of a resurgence in militancy stays and the Islamic State jihadist group has claimed a number of main assaults.
(Reporting by Charlotte Greenfield; Enhancing by Mark Heinrich)
