[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Explosion ripped through a mosque in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, today
- IED placed inside the village of Traili mosque detonated at 1.30pm during Friday prayers, locals said
- Multiple people killed and injured, officials said, though it appears at least 15 people were hurt
- No group has claimed responsibility, but Nangarhar province is home to ISIS-K which has been behind a series of recent mosque bombings in Afghanistan
On Wednesday, a spokesman for the Taliban intelligence service told reporters in Kabul that the agency has arrested close to 600 IS members, including key figures and financial supporters.
The spokesman, Khalil Hamraz, said at least 33 IS members have been killed in gun battles with Taliban security forces.
| Khaama Press adds: |
Local officials and eyewitnesses said that the blast killed at least three people and wounded 15 more.
The explosion has targeted worshipers in a mosque during Friday prayer and those killed include the Imam of the mosque too.
Though the local officials did not say anything about the nature of the explosion, eyewitnesses said that explosives were planted close to the loudspeaker of the mosque.
| A twitter post claimed to show a photo of one of the bombs that didn't go off with electronics keyed to fire when the loudspeaker began to broadcast the call to prayer. |
This is third mosque being targeted be the ISIS-K affiliates since the Taliban takeover on August 15.
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