A car packed with explosives blew up outside a mosque attended by Taliban members in the Afghan capital, killing at least seven people minutes after Friday prayers had ended, the interior ministry said.
The explosion occurred in front of Wazir Akbar Khan mosque, not far from the fortified former Green Zone that housed several embassies before the Taliban seized power in August last year.Interior ministry spokesman Abdul Nafy Takor told AFP that at least seven people had been killed and 41 others were wounded, including children.
Unverified images posted on social media showed a mangled car engulfed in fire on a road outside the mosque.In a tweet, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan called Friday's bombing a"bitter reminder of ongoing insecurity and terrorist activity in Afghanistan".
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