The blast hit the Khalifa Sahib Mosque in the west of the Kabul in the early afternoon. PHOTO: AFPA powerful explosion killed more than 50 worshippers after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, its leader said, amid a series of attacks on civilian targets in Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramazan. This was just as worshippers at the mosque gathered after Friday prayers for a congregation known as Zikr - an act of religious remembrance practiced by some Muslims. One man who was inside the mosque at the time told Reuters the huge blast tore through the building during prayers, the explosion burning his feet and hands. Last Friday, a blast tore through a Sunni mosque during Friday prayers in the city of Kunduz, killing 33 people.

Source: The Express Tribune April 30, 2022 09:49 UTC