them in harm s way. yet he was aware of the worst thing that could come to pass. sir david wrote about an attack on another mp and warned it could happen to any one of us . laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for a series of suicide bomb blasts which killed more than a0 people in afghanistan. the explosions happened at a mosque in the southern city of kandahar as people gathered for friday prayers. most of the those killed were shia muslims. it follows another suicide attack last week at a shia mosque in the northern city of kunduz, in which at least 50 people were killed. joining us now is 0mar samad from the atlantic council. he was previously senior advisor to dr abdullah abdullah, the former chief executive of afghanistan. thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. isis has
who exactly did this of course, is kp being the main culprit or, you know, as they claim so it s a very convoluted, complex environment where you could have any kind of supporter, internal or external, who could engage in such attacks, then somebody else will pretend to have done it or use somebody s else s brand. so i think this is why an investigation and maybe the international community can help and kabul will agree is absolutely crucial. 0mar samad from the atlantic council. you are watching bbc news. the headlines: british police say the murder of a member of parliament has been declared an act of terrorism. sir david amess was stabbed to death while meeting his
city of kandahar. more than a0 people died in the attacks. the victims were mainly shia muslims, who d gathered for friday prayers. it comes a week after a suicide attack on another shia mosque in the northern city of kunduz in which at least 50 people died. well, earlier, ispoke to former afghan ambassador 0mar samad and asked him whether these latest attacks where meant to send a message to the taliban. well, on the surface, apparently, it is. and as you mentioned in your report, this comes on the heels of another attack last week on kunduz where, again, dozens of shia afghans were massacred. it s troubling. the taliban, obviously like the government of ashraf ghani before them has to do a much betterjob of protecting these sites. i mean, everyone knows that the hazaras and shias and some other minorities have been targeted for the past two or three years at least and so, there has to be better security. 0n the other hand, there has to be investigations. again, afghanistan has la
from here again. but their victory has emboldened hardliners. this man is not part of the taliban. but he has come here to celebrate their conquest over what he terms the corrupt previous government, which had been backed by the us. the 9/11 anniversary might not mean much for people here, but its legacy is something the country is still grappling with. decades of war are finally over. can the future be more peaceful than the past? secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. we can now speak to 0mar samad,
and president biden in my opinion obviously have choices but i would differentiate between nation building, which can become very expensive and humongous project, from building bridges and making sure that different cultures, different religions and different religions and different civilisations understand each other better. 0mar samad from the atlantic council, thank you forjoining us. council, thank you for “oining us. . ~ council, thank you for “oining us. . ~ , ., the man thought to have planned the 9/11 attacks khalid sheikh mohammed and his key associates are yet to stand trial. they re still being held at guantanamo bay, the us detention centre in cuba. nearly 800 men and boys have been detained there. yes, it s notjust khalid sheikh mohammed who is here, but four others who were implicated in that plot to attack new york and those other sites 20 years ago. khalid sheikh mohammed is believed to have conceived of the idea of the attacks, taking it to 0sama bin laden and