New Delhi: Islamic State Khorasan, also known as ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for the Shia Mosque blast in Afghanistan that killed more than 100 people.
According to a media report, it was the group`s deadliest strike since the suicide bombing at the international airport in Kabul on August 26 that killed about 170 civilians and 13 US troops.
More than 100 people were killed and about 20 people were injured in the explosion in the mosque. The rise in terrorist attacks has raised the possibility of a wider conflict between the two groups.
Earlier on Sunday, at least 12 people died and 32 others suffered injuries in a blast at a mosque in Kabul. The incident took place in a crowded place at Eid Gah Mosque in Kabul.
Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August, attacks by ISIL-affiliated terrorists against them have increased.
The United Nations Security Council has condemned the attack in a statement. It said that “UNSC underlines the need to hold perpetrators, organizers, financiers, and sponsors of terrorism accountable and bring them to justice.”
“The members of the Security Council reiterated that any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, whenever and by whoever committed. They reaffirmed the need for all States to combat by all means, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and other obligations under international law, including international human rights law, international refugee law, and international humanitarian law, threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts,” the statement further read.
(_Vinayak.Barot)