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Kabul Mosque Blast
An explosion at a mosque in the north of the Afghan capital of Kabul killed 20 people and injured 40 more, media reports said
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The bomb targeted the sprawling Eidgah Mosque, the second-largest mosque in Kabul, where a memorial service was being held for the mother of Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid
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No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but both the Taliban and the Islamic State group are active in eastern Afghanistan, especially Nangarhar province
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After the suicide blast, gunmen attacked the mosque in Qala-e-Najarha area in Kabul's PD11
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