{"id":226082,"date":"2023-10-14T00:11:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T18:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=226082"},"modified":"2023-10-14T00:11:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T18:41:34","slug":"suicide-bombing-at-shiite-mosque-during-friday-prayers-kills-7-worshippers-in-afghanistans-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2023\/10\/14\/suicide-bombing-at-shiite-mosque-during-friday-prayers-kills-7-worshippers-in-afghanistans-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide bombing at Shiite mosque during Friday prayers kills 7 worshippers in Afghanistan&#8217;s north"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kabul, Oct 13 (AP) A suicide bomber blew himself up among worshippers attending Friday prayers at a Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan, killing at least seven people and wounding 15 others, a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The attack happened in the city of Pol-e-Khomri, the capital of Baghlan province, police spokesman Sher Ahmad Borhani said in a statement. Security officials were working to determine how the attacker reached the area to strike at the Imam Zaman mosque.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but blame is likely to fall on the Islamic State group, which targeted Afghanistan&#8217;s minority Shiites in past large-scale attacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Taliban footage from the mosque showed debris strewn over a red-carpeted floor, scattered personal items and bodies covered with shrouds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The regional affiliate of IS, known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, increased attacks on mosques and minorities across the country after the Taliban seized power in August 2021.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IS, which has operated in Afghanistan since 2014, is seen as the greatest security challenge facing the country&#8217;s Taliban rulers. Following their takeover, the Taliban launched a sweeping crackdown against the militant group. (AP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kabul, Oct 13 (AP) A suicide bomber blew himself up among worshippers attending Friday prayers at a Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan, killing at least seven people and wounding 15 others, a police spokesperson said. The attack happened in the city of Pol-e-Khomri, the capital of Baghlan province, police spokesman Sher Ahmad Borhani said in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-226082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}