According to local residents, the explosion occurred at the Sadiqiya mosque, located in the northeast of Kabul. Gunshots were also heard.
A powerful explosion rocked a mosque in the Khair Khan area of Kabul, Afghanistan during night prayers. About this on Wednesday, August 17, wrote Reuters, as well as the Italian non-governmental organization Emergencymanaging a hospital in Kabul.
Eyewitnesses told Reuters that a powerful explosion occurred in the northern district of Kabul, shattering windows in nearby buildings. Ambulances arrived at the scene.
A Taliban intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that up to 35 people could be killed and wounded. Among those killed was the imam of the mosque.
According to doctors, 27 wounded are in an emergency hospital in Kabul, including a seven-year-old child.
Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran told Reuters there were casualties in the blast, but the numbers were not yet clear.
Recall that an explosion occurred at the stadium in Kabul. The incident happened right during a cricket match in the capital of Afghanistan.
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Source: korrespondent
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