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Blast hits Shi'ite mosque in northern Afghanistan, many casualties

21 April 2022 - 12:07 By Reuters
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A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 19, 2022.
A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 19, 2022.
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An explosion at a Shi'ite mosque in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday killed or injured at least 20 people, a local Taliban commander said.

"A blast happened in 2th district inside a Shi'ite mosque, more than 20 killed and injured," Mohammad Asif Wazeri, the spokesman for the Taliban commander n Mazar-e-Sharif told Reuters.

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