Explosion Targeting Mosque Reportedly Kills 3, Wounds 15 in Nangarhar, Afghanistan

The country has faced a series of explosions and terror attacks over the past few months, claiming dozens of lives across Afghanistan.

A blast killed at least three and wounded 15 more on Friday in the Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, AFP reported, citing a source at a local hospital. The incident occurred in the Tarli area of the Spin Ghar district.

According to local resident Atal Shinwari, the blast occurred at around 1:30 p.m. local time (9:00 a.m. GMT).

The explosion was yet another attack on a Shia mosque after a powerful bombing in Kandahar killed at least 63 and injured over 80 more, while before that, a blast killed 60 at a mosque in Kunduz.

UPDATE:

Blast took place during Friday prayers in a mosque in Tarli area of Spin Ghar district of Nangarhar. Initial reports suggest dozens killed and injured. Developing. #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/CFdputtyZE

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Responsibility for those attacks was claimed by a Daesh-linked* terror group.

The situation in the country remains uneasy after the Taliban* seized power in August. In the meantime, some reports suggest that ex-security troops have been joining the Daesh terror group since the collapse of the US-backed government.

In early August, the Taliban mounted an offensive against Afghan government troops, amid the US withdrawal from the country. The Taliban entered Kabul on 15 August and later declared an end to the two-decade war.

* Taliban is under UN sanctions over terrorist activities

* Daesh (also known as Islamic State/ISIS/IS) is a terrorist group banned in Russia and many other countries.