VIDEO | Strong explosion in a mosque in Kabul: It is feared that there are many dead and injured
A powerful explosion ripped through evening prayers at a mosque in Kabul and many are feared dead and injured, police said.
A Taliban intelligence official said 35 people may have been killed or injured.
Al Jazeera reported, citing an unnamed official, that 20 people were killed.
# BREAKING 💥💥💥
Massive Blast at a Mosque in Kabul🇦🇫…
21 lost their lives and more than 40 in hospital. pic.twitter.com/bIw5SzjeKd
- Research Wing (@ResearchWing) August 17
The hospital in Kabul announced on Twitter that it received 27 injured, including a seven-year-old child. The attack took place in the Khair Khan neighborhood. Among the dead is the imam of the mosque.
At least a dozen people killed and over 20 injured in a huge blast in a mosque in the Afghan capital #Cabul this evening. pic.twitter.com/8pzm4ZxIMM
- Ahmer Khan (@ahmermkhan) August 17