{"id":9222,"date":"2020-06-03T13:13:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T13:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/9222-afghanistan-two-killed-in-bomb-attack-inside-kabul-mosque\/"},"modified":"2020-06-03T13:13:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T13:13:30","slug":"afghanistan-two-killed-in-bomb-attack-inside-kabul-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/9222-afghanistan-two-killed-in-bomb-attack-inside-kabul-mosque\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan: Two killed in bomb attack inside Kabul mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two people have been killed and two others injured after a planted bomb exploded inside a popular mosque in Kabul&#8217;s fortified Green Zone.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Two people have been killed and two others injured after a planted bomb exploded inside a popular mosque in Kabul&#8217;s fortified Green Zone.<\/p>\n<p>Tariq Arian, spokesman for Afghanistan&#8217;s Interior Ministry, said the bomb targeted the Wazir Akber Khan Mosque at around 7:25pm local time (1500 GMT) on Tuesday when worshippers had gathered for evening prayers.<\/p>\n<p>The mosque is located in a high-security diplomatic area near the offices of several international organisations and embassies.<\/p>\n<p>Prayer leader of the mosque, Mullah Mohammad Ayaz Niazi, was one of two people killed in the attack, Arian said. He was wounded in the attack and died later at a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The latest attack in the Afghan capital came after seven civilians were killed in the north of the country in a roadside bomb blast authorities blamed on the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>No group immediately claimed the evening explosion in central Kabul, which occurred at one of the city&#8217;s most famous places of worship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The mosque is located at the main entrance to the Green Zone and is accessible from both inside and outside the tightly controlled area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two people have been killed and two others injured after a planted bomb exploded inside a popular mosque in Kabul&#8217;s fortified Green Zone. Two people have been killed and two others injured after a planted bomb exploded inside a popular mosque in Kabul&#8217;s fortified Green Zone. 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