IS claims responsibility for attack on mosque in Kabul

Source: Xinhua| 2017-08-25 20:44:37|Editor: Zhou Xin
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KABUL, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for an attack on a mosque in Kabul on Friday, local media reported.

The IS group, according to local TV channel Tolo, has claimed the attack on Imam-e-Zaman mosque in Khair Khana neighborhood in the northern edge of Kabul city.

The bloody attack happened at around 1:30 p.m. local time (0900 GMT) when scores of faithful Muslims gathered inside the mosque to offer Friday prayer, according to a source.

So far two people have been killed and 11 others injured, while fighting between the attackers and security forces has been continuing.

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