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An explosion occurred near Imam Bargah mosque in Kandahar city of Southern Afghanistan, causing heavy casualties, a spokesman of the Afghan government’s interior ministry said.
The explosion took place at the mosque belonging to the Shia community during Friday prayers, local sources said.
According to initial reports, at least 13 people were killed and over 17 others were injured in the blast.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Last Friday, ISIS carried out a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz that killed at least 60 people, the deadliest assault since US forces left. (ILKHA)
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić resigned Sunday, stepping down seven months before the scheduled end of his second and final presidential term as he prepares to contest the country’s Oct. 25 snap parliamentary elections and seek the post of prime minister.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy said Sunday it had seized a second U.S. military unmanned underwater vehicle in the Strait of Hormuz, accusing Washington of conducting intelligence and surveillance activities in the strategic waterway.
Repeated Iranian missile and drone strikes have exposed the growing vulnerability of the sprawling U.S. military presence across the Middle East, damaging hundreds of buildings and structures and raising questions in Washington over whether the region’s network of American bases remains worth the cost and risk.
At least 12 people were killed and dozens remained missing after a boat capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, local media reported Sunday.
