Six people were wounded in a grenade blast at a mosque in the Afghancapital on Wednesday, police said, minutes after worshippers offered middayprayers marking the holy month of Ramazan.
Attacks on public targets have largely diminished since the Taliban seizedpower in August last year, but the militant Islamic State (IS) groupcontinues to operate across the country.
“We had finished the prayers and were heading out of the mosque when theblast occurred,” worshipper Mohammed Yasin told AFP.
Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran told AFP a grenade was thrown insidethe Pul-i-Khisti mosque and a suspect was arrested at the scene.
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No group has claimed responsibility, but the IS-Khorasan group has carriedout recent attacks in Kabul and other cities.
Officials insist their forces have defeated IS, but analysts say the groupis a key security challenge to the hardline Taliban who now ruleAfghanistan. -APP/AFP
