At least 37 individuals are dead and more than 70 injured after suicide bombers targeted a mosque in southern Afghanistan.
The incident in Kandahar struck a Shia mosque during Friday prayers, when eyewitnesses suggested four attackers had launched a co-ordinated assault on the venue.
There are fears that the death toll at the Imam Bargah mosque will rise.
An eye-witness called Murtaza said two bombers attacked a security gate, allowing two more to run inside and strike the congregation of worshippers.
He said prayers at the venue are typically attended by around 500 people.
Photographs posted by journalists on social media showed many people apparently dead or seriously wounded on the bloody floor of the mosque.
Local residents have been asked to donate blood to help the victims.
Interior ministry spokesman Qari Saeed Khosti said authorities were collecting details of the explosion, which took place days after Islamic State claimed to be behind a bombing at another Shia mosque in the northern city of Kunduz, which eliminated 46 individuals.
The extremist group, which is opposed to the judgment Taliban, views Shia– or Shi’ ite– Muslims as apostates who should have to pass away.
The Taliban have actually promised to bring back peace and security after years of war.
Like IS, they are Sunni Mislims and comply with a stiff analysis of Islamic law.
But IS is even more extreme– seeing itself as part of an around the world Islamic caliphate that consists of better-known branches in Iraq and Syria– and is bitterly divided with the judgment group on ideology.
The Taliban have actually promised to secure Afghanistan’s Shiite minority, which suffered persecution throughout the last duration of its guideline, in the 1990 s.
Taliban spokesperson Bilal Karimi stated an examination into Friday’s attack is underway.
The most current occurrence highlights issues around the security scenario in Afghanistan, after the Taliban swept to power previously this year and foreign forces were pressed into a quick evacuation.
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