An explosion in a Shia residential explain in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Friday killed eight of us.

The militant community said in a notify that 20 of us had been killed and injured within the blast. (Photo: Representational represent)

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Blast in a Shia residential explain kills 8 in Kabul
  • IS has claimed responsibility for the blast
  • The blast targetted females, in step with Afghan media reports

At the least eight of us had been killed and 18 had been injured in a blast at a residential explain in Afghanistan’s Kabul on Friday. The Islamic Tell claimed responsibility for the blast that targetted the ethnic community Hazaras.

The IS allegedly targetted a community of females and kids who gathered at the mosque for prayers, in step with Afghan local media.

Two explosions had been reported from western Kabul targetting the ethnic community Hazaras, an valuable spiritual minority in Afghanistan. In retaining with Ariana files, one explosion occurred at Imam Baqir Mosque, a females’s mosque within the Sar-e Kariz explain.

Then again, the militant community said in a notify that 20 of us had been killed and injured in an assault launched in western Kabul, in step with a Reuters document.

(With inputs from Reuters)

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