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Taliban fighters and local residents gathered around a mosque bombed in Kabul, Afghanistan last night. Ebrahim Noroozi

At least three people killed in mosque blast in Afghanistan capital

The explosion occurred as people were offering evening prayers at the Kabul mosque.

AT LEAST THREE people have been killed and two dozen wounded after a blast hit a mosque packed with worshippers in the Afghan capital of Kabul last night, a hospital and officials said.

The explosion occurred as people were offering evening prayers at the mosque, in a northwest district of Kabul.

The Italian non-governmental organisation Emergency, which operates a hospital in Kabul, said it had received 27 victims from the blast, including three fatalities.

“Most of the patients we received following the explosion inside a mosque are suffering from shell and burn injuries,” it said via email.

In a later tweet, the hospital said five children were among those it treated, including a seven-year-old.

Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed there were dead and wounded in the blast, but did not specify how many.

“The murderers of civilians and perpetrators… will soon be punished for their crimes,” he said on Twitter.

Some local social media accounts said a senior cleric had been killed in the blast, but the reports could not be independently confirmed.

Yesterday’s blast comes nearly a week after a suicide attack killed a top Taliban cleric at his madrassa in Kabul.

On August 11, a suicide bomber detonated inside the madrassa of cleric Rahimullah Haqqani, who was killed along with his brother.

The attack was claimed by the jihadist Islamic State group (IS).

Since the Taliban seized power a year ago, there has been significant fall in violence across the country.

However, IS has regularly carried out attacks, primarily targeting minority communities like Shiites, Sufis and Sikhs.

The Taliban say they have defeated the IS, but experts claim the group remains a key security challenge for the hardline Islamists.

 © AFP 2022

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    Nov 2nd 2013, 10:15 AM

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    An absolutely fabulous read and journey into Ireland’s past.

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    Nov 2nd 2013, 12:26 PM

    Tarquin ,hope your reading the comments.. looking up the ISBN which is missing from the above Article I note that the Eason’s Family have put a RRP 38.99 euro (hope you getting a larger percentage from the over price bookstore) and sale price of 29.99. (sorry I just hate when an Irish company goes out of their way to squeeze more money from customers buy altering their prices.)

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    Turoe Stone, Bullaun Co. Galway also.

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