KABUL (Dispatches) – An explosion took place inside a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Thursday during the funeral of the provincial deputy governor who was killed in an attack this week, a provincial official said.
Mahzudeen Ahmadi, the head of the information office of northern Badakshan province, said the explosion had caused casualties.
According to Sputnik telegram channel, 16 people were reported killed and over 30 were injured after an explosion hit the mosque.
There are concerns the number of casualties could rise.
The former police commander of the northern province of Baghlan, Safiullah Samim, was among the dead.
“The Ministry of Interior of the IEA condemns this brutality of the disgraced enemies,” the interior ministry run by the Taliban said in a statement.
The blast came as “a great number of compatriots” had gathered for the funeral service for Taliban’s deputy governor of Badakhshan.
The Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for a car bomb on Tuesday that killed the deputy governor.
Nissar Ahmad Ahmadi, the deputy governor of Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan province was killed by a car bomb on Tuesday.
So far, Daesh terrorists have targeted Taliban administration officials, including claiming responsibility for the killing of the governor of northern Balkh province in an attack on his office in March.
The Taliban government has been carrying out raids against members of the terrorist group, which has targeted Taliban administration officials.
They also claimed the killing of the governor of Balkh province in an attack in March.