Explosion in NE Afghanistan Mosque Kills At Least 10

An explosion in a mosque in northeastern Afghan province of Badakhshan left at least ten people dead this morning.

Among those killed was a senior Taliban commander, local sources said, Al Jazeera reported.

According to the sources, the Taliban official was Safiallah Samim, a former police commander in Baghlan province.

The blast happened during a memorial service held at the Nabawi Mosque in Nofezabad city on Thursday morning.

The memorial was for a Taliban deputy governor of the area, Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, the sources said.

Ahmadi was killed in a bombing two days ago that was claimed by the Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group.   

A Taliban health ministry official put the death toll from Thursday’s incident at ten, saying 21 more people were wounded in the blast.  

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