Devastating Blast: ISIS Claims Responsibility for Afghan Mosque Attack That Killed at Least 46

ISIS has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that left at least 46 people killed and dozens more wounded in Afghanistan on Friday at a Shiite mosque in the city of Kunduz.

The group claimed responsibility for the blast at the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque on its Telegram channels, according to Reuters, which reported the number of people killed as 46, with more than 140 wounded.

Agence France-Presse said at least 55 people were killed in the bloodiest assault in the war-torn country since US and NATO forces pulled out after the Taliban took control in August.

Graphic footage showed bloodied bodies surrounded by debris inside the mosque that was used by people from the minority Shiite Muslim community.

“This afternoon, an explosion took place in a mosque of our Shiite compatriots … as a result of which a number of our compatriots were martyred and wounded,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter. (Read more from “Devastating Blast: ISIS Claims Responsibility for Afghan Mosque Attack That Killed at Least 46” HERE)

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