UPDATED: At least 32 killed in explosion in Shiite mosque in Afghanistan

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Published: 2021-10-15 13:04

Last Updated: 2024-03-19 02:17


UPDATED: At least 32 killed in explosion in Shiite mosque in Afghanistan
UPDATED: At least 32 killed in explosion in Shiite mosque in Afghanistan

At least 32 people were killed and 53 wounded in an explosion during Friday prayers at a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar, a doctor told AFP.

"The hospital received 31 dead and 53 wounded," the source at the central hospital in the southern city said.

The explosion is the latest in a string of violent attacks in Afghanistan, a country dealing with an increasing Daesh presence since the Taliban took power in mid-August.