Afghanistan: Multiple deaths in mosque blast
By DW
08 October 2021 |
4:07 pm
Dozens of people are believed to have been killed in an apparent suicide attack at a Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the blast.
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