By Clarissa Ward, Tim Lister and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN An explosion ripped through a crowd outside the entrance of a mosque in central Kabul on Sunday, leaving a number of people dead, a senior Taliban spokesman said.
An apparent roadside bomb went off at the gate of the sprawling Eidgah Mosque in Kabul at a time when a memorial service was being held for the mother of Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
Multiple civilians were killed in the blast at the large Eidgah Mosque in Afghanistan's capital. Taliban fighters were reportedly not harmed in the attack.
KABUL, Afghanistan — At least five civilians have been killed after a bomb blast at the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday, a Taliban Interior Ministry spokesman said.
An apparent roadside bomb went off at the gate of the sprawling Eid Gah Mosque in Kabul at a time when a memorial service was being held for the mother of chief Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
An explosion ripped through a crowd outside the entrance of a mosque in central Kabul on Sunday, leaving a number of civilians dead, a Taliban spokesman said.
The bomb targeted the Eidgah Mosque, where a memorial service was being held for the mother of Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
A bomb blast struck the mosque where the Taliban spokesman had welcomed all to mourn his mother. Early casualty figures suggest two have died, but an Italian-run hospital reports four patients.
KABUL, Afghanistan -- At least five civilians were killed Sunday in a bomb blast outside a Kabul mosque, a Taliban official said. It was the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital since U.S. forces left at the end of August.
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