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,

[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.

[RicocheT]

It’s probably a Shia Mosch so the Sunni Taliban or ISIS hate it.

[Renfrew]

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

[SunkenCiv]

Too bad he didn't attend his mommy's service.

[blackdog]

Muslims playing with their preferred toys, of which we have left an endless supply.

[ZOOKER]

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.

[dfwgator]

Good thing Muslims kill each other more than to do the infidels.

[SaxxonWoods]

They should call those “Biden Bombs”.

[arthurus]

The winners now go after each others’ throats.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

A number of experts have been predicting civil war, now that we’re gone.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

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.

 

 

[jmacusa]

Muslims killing Muslims. Wow. There’s a shock.

[SharpRightTurn]

“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.

[vpintheak]

This is Islam. Let them baste in it.

[usconservative]

al-qaeda. They and the taliban are enemies.

[jmacusa]

For Muslims killing is their Communion and blood is their Host.

[AdmSmith]

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?

[Justa]

The show must go on.