Taliban officials reported a blast that struck a mosque at a government ministry building in Kabul, Afghanistan where ministry workers and visitors are said to have been praying.
He did not say if the mosque was inside the ministry or near it. There was no immediate information about casualties and no immediate claim of responsibility.
Taliban holds a military parade with equipment captured from U.S. army in Kandahar, Afghanistan on November 8, 2021. The mosque blast follows last week’s suicide bombing at an education center in Kabul that killed as many as 52 people, according to a tally compiled by The Associated Press, more than twice the death toll acknowledged by Taliban officials.
Taliban fighters hold their weapons as they celebrate one year since they seized the Afghan capital, Kabul, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Aug. 15.The reason for the lower death toll provided by the Taliban was not immediately clear. In the past, they have at times been slow to confirm casualty figures in the aftermath of attacks.
Taliban holds a military parade with equipment captured from U.S. army in Kandahar, Afghanistan on November 8, 2021.
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