Afghanistan: Kabul mosque hit by grenade assault | Information

Police say the suspect has been arrested on the scene of the blast, which occurred after noon prayers.

A minimum of six folks have been wounded in a grenade blast at a mosque in a densely populated space of the Afghan capital, Kabul, police mentioned, minutes after worshippers provided noon prayers.

Assaults on public targets have largely diminished for the reason that Taliban seized energy in August final yr, however ISIL (ISIS) associates proceed to function in components of the nation.

“We had completed the prayers and have been heading out of the mosque when the blast occurred,” worshipper Mohammed Yasin advised the AFP information company.

Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran advised AFP a grenade was thrown into the Pul-e-Khisti mosque and a suspect was arrested on the scene. The mosque is situated in a densely populated space of Kabul and is surrounded by busy retailers and markets.

No group has claimed duty, however the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP, ISIS-Ok) group has carried out current assaults in Kabul and different cities.

The ISKP claimed the assault on a navy hospital in Kabul in November which left 19 lifeless. The group additionally claimed the October suicide assault on a Shia mosque in Kandahar which in no less than 60 folks have been killed.

Taliban officers insist their forces have defeated the group, however analysts say the ISKP is a key safety problem to the brand new rulers of Afghanistan.

In February, the USA provided as much as $10m for data resulting in the placement or identification of Sanaullah Ghafari, the chief of ISKP, the Afghanistan affiliate of ISIL.

In a separate assault on Sunday, no less than one particular person was killed and 59 others wounded in an explosion on the nation’s largest cash altering market, Sarai Shahzada – not removed from the attacked mosque.