including damages and costs. more than 30 people have been killed in afghanistan, in a series of explosions at a mosque in the southern city of kandahar. those who died are 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 killed at least 50 people. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye has the latest. pain and suffering is relentless in afghanistan. this was the second major attack in a week both targeted at the minority shia community. at this mosque in kandahar, witnesses say there were three suicide bombers. translation: the firing started after we ended prayers. - then two or three explosions took place. we were thrown towards the windows. many people were dead and wounded. i don t know what happened later.
last friday, the northern city of kunduz was engulfed in terror. is k, the regional affiliate of the islamic state group, claimed it was behind the bombing that killed scores of people. the attacks have spread fear among the shia minority. i couldn t stop crying after seeing the news from kandahar , said this woman. we shias have long been a press stand every time we are targeted. long been opressed. explosion in recent weeks, is k has carried out dozens of attacks some against taliban fighters. this is the biggest challenge to the taliban s hold on security in this country since they seized power in august. they ve said they don t want the us or any foreign country to be involved in operations against is. but with an increasing number of such attacks, questions are being raised about their ability to combat the threat.
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Da Kandahar a Herat, con Kabul nel mirino. Dall ovest fino all est, uno dopo l altro i capoluoghi di provincia dell Afghanistan cadono nelle mani dei talebani, che si stanno.
Da Kandahar a Herat, con Kabul nel mirino. Dall ovest fino all est, uno dopo l altro i capoluoghi di provincia dell Afghanistan cadono nelle mani dei talebani, che si stanno.