QUETTA – Afghan Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada’s brother was killednear Quetta on Friday when a bomb went off but his younger brother.
Hafiz Ahmadullah, was leading Friday prayers and was killed, severalTaliban officials have said.
The bomb blast inside the mosque just before Friday prayers killed fourpeople, including the prayer leader, and left 25 others injured in theKuchlak area on the outskirts of the provincial capital.
The explosion was carried out with the help of a time device, which wasplanted under the wooden chair of the prayer leader, when he starteddelivering the Friday sermon, according to police and bomb disposal squadofficials.