KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – An explosion inside a mosque in Samangan province, central Afghanistan, has left four people injured, according to local Taliban authorities.
Hashmatullah Rahmani, the spokesperson for the Taliban police command in Samangan, said the blast occurred during Friday prayers in a mosque in Aybak, the provincial capital, on February 14.
He said the explosion was caused by a hand grenade thrown at worshippers inside the mosque. Four people were injured and have been transferred to a hospital for treatment.
Rahmani said that one individual has been arrested in connection with the incident.
While the exact motive remains unclear, Taliban authorities have attributed the attack to a “personal dispute” among local residents.
This explosion follows a series of recent bombings across Afghanistan. On Thursday, a suicide bombing near the Taliban Ministry of Urban Development and Housing in Kabul killed one person and injured three others. No group has claimed responsibility for this attack.
Three days earlier, an explosion outside a Kabul Bank branch in Kunduz province killed and injured dozens, including Taliban officials. The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), the regional affiliate of Islamic State, claimed responsibility for the Kunduz attack.
