Saturday June 13, 2020
Kabul (BNA) Four people, including Imam of a mosque were martyred in an explosion inside Shir Shah-e-Suri mosque located in 3rd security precinct of Kabul city yesterday.
Tariq Arian spokesman for ministry of interior in a tweeted stated, "Explosives materials placed inside the mosque exploded during Friday prayers, in which four prayers including Mawlavi Azizullah Mufleh imam of the mosque were martyred and several more were wounded.
Earlier this month, IS planted explosives at a mosque in Kabul's posh Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood, killing the prayer leader and wounding eight others.
U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was in the region earlier this week trying to resuscitate a peace deal that Washington and the Taliban signed in February to end the 18-year war in Afghanistan — the longest military conflict in U.S. history.
M.A.Ansari
