The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) published the following response to the explosion in a Shia Mosque in Northern Afghanistan:
The UN family in Afghanistan is deeply concerned by reports of very high casualties in an attack today in Sayyidabad Shia Mosque, Khanabad, Kunduz.
Initial information indicates more than 100 people killed and injured in a suicide blast inside the mosque. 1/2
Today’s incident is part of a disturbing pattern of violence: 3rd deadly attack this week apparently targeting a religious institution. Islamic State(KP) claimed responsibility for Sunday’s incident next to a Kabul mosque. Wednesday’s attack on a madrassa in Khost unclaimed.