KABUL (SW) – Friday’s deadly bombing at a mosque in Kunduz province has been widely condemned.
During Friday prayers, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives among worshipers at the Shiite-affiliated Gozar Seyedabad Mosque in Kunduz. According to the information provided by the officials of the Islamic Emirate to Salam Wtandar, as a result of this deadly incident, more than 50 worshipers were killed and 150 others were injured.
The Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack provoked strong reactions and widespread international condemnation. The United Nations, the European Union, the United States, Iran, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate, Hamid Karzai, former President Mohammad Mohaqiq, and others have issued separate statements condemning the bloody incident.
Meanwhile, a number of political analysts say the Taliban have been embroiled in internal strife for power since gaining power instead of securing the people.
Mustafa Alizada, a political analyst, believed the Taliban should have been prepared in advance to secure religious sites belonging to religious minorities in the country.
Baqir Mohseni, another political analyst, said that if the situation continued like this, Daesh will become a serious threat to the Taliban government.
However, Mohammad Shakir Saad, the Taliban’s deputy governor for Kunduz, said they did not expect the terrorists to attack places where civilians were present. According to him, investigations have been launched in connection with this incident.
This was the second major Daesh-claimed osuicide attack in Kunduz after bloody suicide attack at the Kabul airport.
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