Islamic State claims responsibility for Kandahar mosque attack
The Hindu
Eyewitnesses of the attack spoke of gunfire alongside the explosions
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar which left dozens killed and injured, a statement posted by the group’s Amaq news agency said on Friday.
The statement added that two Islamic state fighters shot the guards of the mosque dead, broke in and blew themselves up between two groups of worshippers, one of which consisted of around 300 people.
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