Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for Nangarhar province's governor, said bombs had been placed inside the mosque in the Jawdara area of Haska Mena district. Malik Mohammadi Gul Shinwari, a tribal elder from the area, said that the mosque had been destroyed. Sediq Sediqqi, spokesman for the presidential palace, condemned what he said was a suicide bomb attack. "The Taliban and their partners' heinous crimes continue to target civilians at the time of worship," Sediqqi added. A UN report recorded 4,313 civilians killed and wounded in Afghanistan in the past three months.

Source: bd News24 October 18, 2019 13:52 UTC