A bomb targeted the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital on Sunday leaving a “number of civilians dead,” a Taliban spokesman said.
The bomb targeted the Eidgah Mosque in Kabul where a memorial service was being held for the mother of Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
According to the spokesman, the bomb went off near the entrance to the mosque, the second biggest in the city.
A spokesman for the interior ministry, Qari Sayed Khosti, has since told AFP that at least two civilians were killed and three were injured.
The Taliban announced on Saturday that prayers would take place at the mosque on Sunday afternoon for Mujahid’s mother.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. However, since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August, attacks by Islamic State group militants against them have increased. The rise has raised the possibility of a wider conflict between the two extremist groups.
