Suicide bombings kill at least 37 at a mosque in Afghanistan

A group of suicide bombers have attacked another Shia mosque in Afghanistan. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following Suicide bombings kill at least 37 at a mosque in Afghanistan [The scene after a bomb blast hits Shia community mosque in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Oct. 15, 2021.] Credit: Murteza Khaliqi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Afghanistan A group of suicide bombers have [attacked another Shia mosque]( in Afghanistan — killing [at least 37 people]( and injuring dozens of others — during Friday prayers in Kandahar in the south of the country. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the blasts, but a similar attack just last week on a mosque in the northern city of Kunduz was claimed by the [ISIS-Khorasan]( group. Witnesses say a suicide bomber attacked the entrance of the mosque, followed by two others inside the building. 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