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Blast targeting Kabul mosque leaves 'a number of civilians dead,' Taliban spokesman says
CNN ^
| 10:02 AM ET, Sun October 3, 2021
| Clarissa Ward, Tim Lister and Ehsan Popalzai,
Posted on 10/03/2021 11:14:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The blast targeted the gates of the Eidgah Mosque in the Afghan capital, where a funeral service was being held for the mother of Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Muhajid, who tweeted that the blast had claimed the lives of civilians.
It was not immediately clear how many people were killed or injured in the attack.
Emergency NGO, an Italian nonprofit that runs a hospital in Kabul, said on Twitter that it was treating four people wounded in the explosion.
Reports on social media described a large detonation and emergency services rushing to the scene.
No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing. A little more than a month since insurgents seized control of Afghanistan, taking control of major cities and installing themselves in the presidential palace in Kabul, the Taliban's new interim government is facing a range of threats from internal enemies.
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TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; blast; clarissaward; cnn; ehsanpopalzai; eidgahmosque; iran; kaboom; kabul; manycasualties; mosque; mullahloversonfr; pakistan; ricochetroll; taliban; talibanmosque; timlister; zabihullahmuhajid
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posted on
10/03/2021 11:14:05 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
It’s probably a Shia Mosch so the Sunni Taliban or ISIS hate it.
2
posted on
10/03/2021 11:22:13 AM PDT
by
RicocheT
To: RicocheT
If it’s the mother of a Taliban leader that seems unlikely.
Options are:
1) A group more radical than the Taliban (ISIS)
2) A remnant group that still supports the previous regime and is targeting Taliban leadership
3) A false flag by the Taliban to justify a purge of anyone who could be attached to options 1 or 2
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posted on
10/03/2021 11:28:02 AM PDT
by
Renfrew
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Too bad he didn't attend his mommy's service.
4
posted on
10/03/2021 11:36:00 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BenLurkin
Muslims playing with their preferred toys, of which we have left an endless supply.
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posted on
10/03/2021 11:38:49 AM PDT
by
blackdog
(Sophisticated so public policy is not applicable. )
To: BenLurkin
Maybe the one bright spot in leaving all those weapons in Afghanistan.
If they use them to kill each other, that's not so bad.
6
posted on
10/03/2021 11:40:03 AM PDT
by
ZOOKER
(Until further notice the /s is implied...)
To: ZOOKER
Good thing Muslims kill each other more than to do the infidels.
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posted on
10/03/2021 11:49:25 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
They should call those “Biden Bombs”.
8
posted on
10/03/2021 12:32:04 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(Leave Us Alone.)
To: RicocheT
The winners now go after each others’ throats.
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posted on
10/03/2021 2:25:17 PM PDT
by
arthurus
(covfefe h)
To: ZOOKER
A number of experts have been predicting civil war, now that we’re gone.
To: Chad C. Mulligan
That's on a default trajectory from the get-go. During the time they were taking over and people were fleeing through the airport there were already factions that weren't taking orders from the central command. There's gonna be an independent warlord problem around there, and they're welcome to it.
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posted on
10/03/2021 3:22:32 PM PDT
by
lapsus calami
(What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
To: BenLurkin
Muslims killing Muslims. Wow. There’s a shock.
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posted on
10/03/2021 3:53:51 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(America.Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
To: jmacusa
“Muslims killing Muslims. Wow. There’s a shock”
Very true. Their preference, of course, is to kill Jews. If no Jews are available, they kill Christians. If Christians are also unavailable, then the fallback position is other mohammedans.
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posted on
10/03/2021 5:30:46 PM PDT
by
SharpRightTurn
(Election Fraud Deniers--Won't follow the science, won't follow the law.)
To: BenLurkin
This is Islam. Let them baste in it.
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posted on
10/03/2021 6:09:49 PM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Live free, or die!)
To: Renfrew
al-qaeda. They and the taliban are enemies.
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posted on
10/03/2021 6:11:29 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: SharpRightTurn
For Muslims killing is their Communion and blood is their Host.
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posted on
10/03/2021 9:18:14 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(America.Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
To: BenLurkin
So far no one is taking the responsibility, but a newspaper in Kabul is blaming the national resistance for the attack
https://taand.com/main/?p=196886 That is a “dream target” for the Taliban, but with very low probability.
Who is next?
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posted on
10/04/2021 2:11:35 AM PDT
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: arthurus
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posted on
10/04/2021 2:29:28 AM PDT
by
Justa
(If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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