Posted on 10/15/2021 2:43:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The attack came only a week after a similar blast killed dozens of Shiite worshippers in the country's north.
Friday's explosion occurred at the Fatimiya mosque in central Kandahar, a Taliban spokesman told the AP. Local officials described it as a Shiite mosque. The cause of the blast isn't yet clear, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
A witness, Murtaza, who goes by one name as many people in Afghanistan do, told the AP by phone that four suicide bombers entered the mosque — two detonating explosives at a security gate to clear the way for the other two to enter the compound, where prayers were ongoing. He said that about 500 people may have been in attendance.
The earlier attack was claimed by the Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, which views Shiite Muslims as apostates and opposes the Taliban regime. While the Taliban have pledged to restore order in Afghanistan after decades of war, since they seized full control of the country in August, the ISIS affiliate has increased attacks in the country.
A spokesman for the Taliban interior ministry, Qari Saeed Khosti, told Reuters that authorities were investigating. Taliban special forces also arrived to secure the site, the news agency said.
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We ain’t seen nothing yet.
If a tree falls in a Forrest that Joe helped plant, and nobody was there to hear.....
A lot of talk about China being the next one to get into Afghanistan, but with the attacks on the Shi’ite minority could Iran decide this is their time to intervene and retake the Persian speaking parts of Afghanistan?
Let’s go Brandon!
Muslims just love to kill; it doesn’t seem to matter who the victims are.
NPR = Trump’s fault
Where exactly did this “religion of peace” crap come from?
Just curious.
Here's a clue - it is Islam
Lie down with dogs wake up with fleas.
Killing non-believers has reward of 72 virgins waiting in Allah’s heaven. That is a big inducement to young Muslims who can not even see the faces of women.
unfortunately, they reproduce quicker than they can kill each other off, kind of like rodents and cockroaches.
You have the wrong translation. It is correctly translated as "The religion of blow them to pieces" or "The religion of cut them to pieces"
Afghanistan is back to their warped sense of normalcy after a 20 year hiatus. Enjoy your tribal wars.
“Where exactly did this “religion of peace” crap come from?”
Bush 43
Muslims killing each other ... No Problemo
Where exactly did this “religion of peace” crap come from?
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Democrats of course. One thing is certain: Unless civilized people find the courage to routinely kill obviously uncivilized people eventually the former will be exterminated by the latter. History clearly confirms that outcome.
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