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72 killed in twin suicide bomb attacks at Mosques in Afghanistan

At least 72 people were killed and several others wounded in two bomb attacks at mosques in Afghanistan on Friday evening.

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One attack is said to have been carried out by a suicide bomber in Ghor province, reported TOLO news. In another incident, a bomber walked into a Shiite mosque in Kabul as people were praying on Friday night and detonated an explosive.

On Thursday, around 43 Afghan forces were killed after two suicide bombers targeted a military base in Maiwand district of Kandahar province in Afghanistan. The militants carried out two suicide attacks using two Humvees, armoured vehicles stolen from security forces, over an army centre in Cheshma area of Maiwand district.

On Tuesday, a suicide and gun attack on a police training centre on Tuesday in southeast Afghanistan has killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 200.

OneIndia News

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