Taliban fighters locomotion astatine the entranceway of the Eidgah Mosque aft an detonation successful Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. A weaponry exploded successful the entranceway of the mosque successful the Afghan superior connected Sunday leaving a "number of civilians dead," a Taliban spokesperson said. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Taliban fighters locomotion astatine the entranceway of the Eidgah Mosque aft an detonation successful Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. A weaponry exploded successful the entranceway of the mosque successful the Afghan superior connected Sunday leaving a "number of civilians dead," a Taliban spokesperson said. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

KABUL – A weaponry exploded successful the entranceway of a mosque successful the Afghan superior connected Sunday, leaving "number of civilians dead,” a Taliban spokesperson said, successful the archetypal large onslaught connected the metropolis aft the departure of U.S. forces.

The weaponry targeted the sprawling Eidgah Mosque successful Kabul, wherever a memorial work was being held for the parent of Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid. He aboriginal tweeted the onslaught had claimed civilian lives.

Taliban fighters were not harmed successful the attack, Taliban spokesperson Bilal Karimi told The Associated Press. Those killed successful the onslaught were civilians lasting extracurricular the mosque gate. He did not supply a fig for the fig killed and said an probe was ongoing.

An Italian-funded exigency infirmary successful Kabul tweeted it had received 4 radical wounded successful the blast.

Following the blast the country astir the mosque was cordoned disconnected by the Taliban, who maintained a dense information presence. Later successful the day the tract was cleaned. The lone signs of the blast was flimsy harm to the ornamental arch by the entranceway gate.

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No 1 instantly claimed work for the attack. However, since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan successful mid-August, attacks by Islamic State radical militants against them person increased. The emergence has raised the anticipation of a wider struggle betwixt the 2 extremist groups.

IS maintains a beardown beingness successful the eastbound state of Nangarhar and considers the Taliban an enemy. IS has claimed respective attacks against the Taliban, including respective killings successful the provincial superior of Jalalabad.

Sunday’s onslaught is the archetypal to people the superior since precocious August erstwhile an IS termination bomber targeted American evacuation efforts extracurricular Kabul's planetary airport. The blast killed 169 Afghans and 13 U.S. work members and was of the deadliest attacks successful the state successful years.

It was claimed by IS affiliated, the Islamic State successful Khorasan Province.

Attacks successful Kabul person truthful acold been rare, but successful caller weeks IS has shown signs it is expanding its footprint beyond the eastbound and person toward the capital.

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On Friday, Taliban fighters raided an IS hideout conscionable northbound of Kabul successful Parwan province. The raid came aft an IS roadside weaponry wounded 4 Taliban fighters successful the area.

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