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Taliban Officials Say At Least 100 People Killed Or Wounded Following Mosque Explosion

Friday, 8 October 2021 16:29

By Ciara Noble @niaracoble

File image: Google Maps

City of Kunduz

A Taliban police official says at least 100 people have been killed or wounded following an explosion at a mosque in Afghanistan.

Worshippers were inside the building in the city of Kunduz earlier.

It's not yet known who carried out the attack.

The United Nations mission in the country says it's "part of a disturbing pattern of violence", targeting religious institutions.

Afghanistan: At least 46 killed in suicide bombing at Kunduz mosque https://t.co/SOmqi54hF2
— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 8, 2021

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