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Kabul: A bomb targeted the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital on Sunday leaving a “number of civilians dead”, a Taliban spokesman said. The bomb targeted the Eidgah Mosque in Kabul where a memorial service was being held for the mother of Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. However, since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August, attacks by Islamic State group militants against them have increased. The rise has raised the possibility of a wider conflict between the two extremist groups.
نن ماسپښین د کابل ښار عیدګاه جامع مسجد دروازې ته نژدې سیمه کې د ملکي خلکو په یوه تجمع کې بمي چاودنه وشوه، چې له امله یې متأسفانه یو شمیر ملکي هیوادوالو ته تلفات واوښتل.
— Zabihullah (..ذبـــــیح الله م ) (@Zabehulah_M33) October 3, 2021
IS maintains a strong presence in the eastern province of Nangarhar and considers the Taliban an enemy. It has claimed several attacks against them, including several killings in the provincial capital of Jalalabad. Attacks in Kabul have so far been rare.
Ambulances carrying the wounded were seen rushing towards Kabul’s Emergency Hospital in the Shahr-e Naw area. The hospital said on Twitter that four patients were being treated.
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