At least three people died and 55 others were wounded when a bomb exploded Friday at a mosque in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, officials told EFE.<\/p>\n
Provincial police, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said “the explosion occurred inside the Hisarak Jame Mosque in Rudat district,” where a large crowd of worshipers had gathered to pray on the first Friday of Ramadan.<\/p>\n
“The imam of the mosque and his two children were killed in the attack,” Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesperson for the provincial governor, said.<\/p>\n
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred in a province where both the Taliban and the Islamic State have a presence.<\/p>\n
The Taliban had announced a few days ago that they would step up attacks during Ramadan, which began on Monday.<\/p>\n
No claims of responsibility typically follow attacks on mosques in Afghanistan, which are rare and normally occur during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n
The Afghan government has carried out a major offensive in Nangarhar to end the presence of the IS, with the armed forces declaring in March that the jihadists had been defeated there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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