Afghan security personnel stand gourd outside the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque following a suicide bomb attack in Kabul on June 2, 2020. – At least three people were wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a mosque at the entrance to Kabul’s fortified Green Zone at prayer time on June 2, an official said. (Photo by STR / AFP)
A well-known imam and a worshipper were killed in a prayer-time bombing at a popular mosque in Kabul’s fortified Green Zone on Tuesday, officials said.
The latest attack in the Afghan capital came after seven civilians were killed in the north of the country late Monday in a roadside bomb blast authorities blamed on the Taliban.
No group immediately claimed the mosque explosion, which was denounced by a Taliban spokesman on Twitter.
The loud blast, which occurred at one of the city’s most famous places of worship, sent shockwaves through the sprawling militarised zone, where alarms sounded at embassies and international offices, sending staff rushing into…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
