Two mosques bombed in Afghanistan as death toll in a week of attacks climbs to nearly 200

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Two mosques bombed in Afghanistan as death toll in a week of attacks climbs to nearly 200
Shashank Bengali, Sultan Faizy

A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque packed with worshipers in Kabul on Friday evening, killing 39 people and wounding dozens as the toll from a week of devastating bombings in Afghanistan continued to rise.

It was the second time in less than two months that militants attacked a Shiite Muslim house of worship in Kabul. Both attacks were claimed by loyalists of the Islamic State militant group, which regards Shiites as apostates.

A suicide bomber also struck a mosque in the central province of Ghor, killing at least 20 people and wounding 10, according to the Afghan interior ministry.

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