At least 14 people were killed by bomb blasts in Afghan cities Thursday –including 10 at a mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, the second attack against aShia target this week.
The number of bombings in Afghanistan has dwindled since the Talibanreturned to power in August, but Da’ish has claimed several since then.
Grisly images of victims being carried to hospital from Seh Dokan mosque inMazar-i-Sharif were posted on social media.
The images, which could not be independently verified, showed a scenelittered with broken glass.
“There are at least 25 casualties,” Zabihullah Noorani, head of Balkhprovince’s information and culture department, told *AFP*.
A police official said 10 people were killed, and 15 wounded.
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Separately, at least four people were killed and 18 wounded by a blast inKunduz city.
Provincial police spokesman Obaidullah Abedi told *AFP* it was caused by abicycle bomb targeting a vehicle carrying mechanics working for a Talibanmilitary unit.
Afghanistan’s Shia Hazara community, which makes up between 10 and 20 percent of the country’s 38 million people, has long been the target ofattacks — some blamed on the Taliban and others on Da’ish. -APP/AFP
