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Blast at Kunduz Mosque, Following Balkh Attack, Triggers Outcry

The deadly attack on a mosque in the Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province has triggered strong reactions inside and outside Afghanistan.  

On Friday afternoon, a blast occurred at a mosque, killing at least 33 people and wounding 43 others, the Islamic Emirate’s spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said on Twitter.  

Mujahid condemned the attack and said that the “perpetrators will be detained and punished.” 

Former president Hamid Karzai condemned the attack on the mosque, calling it a “terrorist attack” and a plot of foreigners against Afghans. 

Abdullah Abdullah, former chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, condemned the attack, saying that the systematic attacks on innocent and fasting people in mosques and educational centers are a conspiracy that can only be described as open hostility to the Afghan people. 

The UN Assistant Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a tweet condemned the attack as the latest in a "series of violent incidents this week in Afghanistan.”  

Meanwhile, the US special envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West on Twitter said that he held a telephone conversation with the former HCNR chairman Abdullah Abdullah and offered his condolences for the “heinous recent attacks.” 

“Also discussed the Afghan peoples’ desire for girls to return to secondary school as soon as possible. Got good advice as always," West said on Twitter.  

The attack on the mosque was the second this week. Over 30 people were killed, and scores of others were injured in a blast occurring on Thursday at a mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of the northern province of Balkh, according to sources.  

Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack, according to a statement on the group's Telegram channel. 

Blast at Kunduz Mosque, Following Balkh Attack, Triggers Outcry

On Friday afternoon, a blast occurred at a mosque, killing at least 33 people and wounding 43 others, the Islamic Emirate’s spokesman said on Twitter.

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The deadly attack on a mosque in the Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province has triggered strong reactions inside and outside Afghanistan.  

On Friday afternoon, a blast occurred at a mosque, killing at least 33 people and wounding 43 others, the Islamic Emirate’s spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said on Twitter.  

Mujahid condemned the attack and said that the “perpetrators will be detained and punished.” 

Former president Hamid Karzai condemned the attack on the mosque, calling it a “terrorist attack” and a plot of foreigners against Afghans. 

Abdullah Abdullah, former chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, condemned the attack, saying that the systematic attacks on innocent and fasting people in mosques and educational centers are a conspiracy that can only be described as open hostility to the Afghan people. 

The UN Assistant Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a tweet condemned the attack as the latest in a "series of violent incidents this week in Afghanistan.”  

Meanwhile, the US special envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West on Twitter said that he held a telephone conversation with the former HCNR chairman Abdullah Abdullah and offered his condolences for the “heinous recent attacks.” 

“Also discussed the Afghan peoples’ desire for girls to return to secondary school as soon as possible. Got good advice as always," West said on Twitter.  

The attack on the mosque was the second this week. Over 30 people were killed, and scores of others were injured in a blast occurring on Thursday at a mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of the northern province of Balkh, according to sources.  

Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack, according to a statement on the group's Telegram channel. 

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