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Suicide Bomber Attacks Worshippers in Kabul Mosque
At least 27 people were killed and 35 others wounded after a suicide bomber on Monday targeted a Shiite mosque in Darul Aman Road in west of Kabul, officials said.
The suicide bomber has detonated his explosives inside Baqir-ul-uloom mosque in police district 6th of Kabul.
Fraidoon Obaidi, chief of the Kabul police Criminal Investigation Department while speaking to the reporters at the site of the explosion, said at least 27 people were killed and 35 others wounded when the explosion hit a religious gathering in west of Kabul.
In a statement, President Ashraf Ghani condemned the attack in the strongest possible terms and called it unforgivable, great crime and the work of the enemies of Afghanistan.
According to the statement the president has directed all health officials not to spare any efforts in providing treatment and assistance for all those who have been wounded and affected in the incident.
Government Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said Afghanistan should not fall victim to “enemy plots that divide us by titles”.
“This attack targeted innocent civilians – including children – in a holy place. It is a war crime & an act against Islam & humanity,” he said in a message on his Twitter account.
The Kabul mosque attack provoked international reactions too.
UNAMA, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul and many more international organizations condemned the attack calling it a cowardly attack that targeted a group of worshipers gathered to observe Arbaeen, a commemoration on the 40th day after Ashura.
Reacting to the bombing of the mosque the Amnesty International called it a “horrific crime” and urged the government of Afghanistan to investigate it immediately and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Apparently, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack while Taliban denied any involvement on the initial hours.
A statement in Arabic from Islamic State’s Amaq news agency said one of its fighters had targeted the mosque.
Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.
Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.
This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.
Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.
Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.
Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.
Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.
According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.
This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.
Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.
According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.
“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.
Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.
According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.
“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.
However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.
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