According to Al Jazeera citing a local official, at least 20 people died and many others were injured.
A powerful explosion took place tonight in a mosque in Kabul and the Afghan authorities express fears of a large number of victims.
According to Al Jazeera citing a local official, at least 20 people died and many others were injured.
At least a dozen people killed and over 20 injured in a huge blast in a mosque in the Afghan capital #Kabul this evening. pic.twitter.com/8pzm4ZxIMM
— Ahmer Khan (@ahmermkhan) August 17, 2022
Only in one hospital of the Afghan capital were treated 27 wounded, including a 7-year-old child.
Eyewitnesses told Reuters that the powerful explosion shattered the windows of neighboring buildings.
“The explosion occurred inside a mosque … There are casualties, but their number has not been clarified so far,” a police spokesman in Kabul told Reuters.
The imam was among those killed in the blast at the mosque, which was full of worshippers, a Taliban official said.
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