Bomb blast at Kabul mosque kills 10, injures 30, official says

ISTANBUL

At least 10 people were killed and 30 others wounded when a bomb exploded in a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul during Friday prayers, authorities said.

The bomb went off in a Khanqah gathering place adjacent to a mosque in the Alauddin area of Kabul’s Police District 6, Kabul Security Department spokesperson Khalid Zadran said on Twitter.

Security agencies are investigating the incident, he said.

Local media reported that hundreds of worshippers had gathered for prayers on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the mosque was packed.

The attack came after at least nine people were killed and 13 others wounded in two explosions on Thursday evening in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.

The Daesh/ISIS terror group has recently stepped up attacks across Afghanistan, challenging the Taliban, who took control of the country last August.