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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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At least 49 Palestinians were killed on Monday in a wave of Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire targeting various areas across the Gaza Strip, according to the Civil Defense agency in the besieged enclave.
The Hamas Movement has strongly condemned what it described as a “sadistic and brutal act” by Israeli occupation forces after Al Jazeera broadcast harrowing footage of an Israeli drone targeting a Palestinian civilian carrying a sack of flour on his back in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City.
The Gaza Media Office (GMO) reported on Monday that at least 66 children have died due to malnutrition in the Gaza Strip, attributing the crisis to Israel’s ongoing blockade, which has restricted access to baby formula and supplementary food.
At least 14 civilians were killed and several others injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes on Sunday evening targeting residential areas in Jabalia and Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, according to local sources.
