ISKP claims responsibility for mosque blast in Badakhshan province

The Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP) has claimed responsibility for the recent explosion that killed at least 11 people inside a mosque in northern Badakhshan province during the funeral of the Taliban’s provincial deputy governor, said Reuters.

The explosion occurred inside the Nabavi Mosque in the capital Faizabad around 10:30 am on Thursday when a large number of people had gathered for the memorial service of Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, Taliban’s deputy governor for Badakhshan, who was killed in a car bombing on Tuesday. The attack on Ahmadi was also claimed by ISKP.