KABUL—A suicide bomber targeted a Shiite mosque in a western Kabul neighbourhood during evening prayers on Friday, killing at least 30 people, Afghan officials. And in western Ghor province, a suicide blast struck a Sunni mosque, also during Friday prayers, killing 10 people. In Kabul, Maj. Gen. Alimast Momand at the Interior Ministry said the blast at the Shiite mosque killed 30 and wounded 45. The attacker was on foot and walked into to the Imam Zaman Mosque, located in the city’s Dashte-e-Barchi area, where he detonated his explosives. An eyewitness, Ali Mohammad, said the mosque was packed with worshippers, both men and women at Friday prayers, the height of the Muslim week.

Source: thestar October 20, 2017 14:37 UTC