Senior Taliban commander among at least 14 dead in mosque explosion in Badakhshan

Sources in Badakhshan province have confirmed that at least 14 people, including a senior Taliban commander in the area, have been killed and more than 50 wounded in an explosion.

The explosion occurred inside a mosque in the provincial capital, Faizabad, where a memorial was being held for the group’s deputy provincial governor, Mahzdudin Ahmadi, who was killed in a car bomb on Tuesday.