Kabul: Taliban forces have arrested a suspected ISIS terrorist who planned a bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan that killed at least 12 worshipers. Police said on Friday.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Seh Dokan mosque during afternoon prayers in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday. 58 people were also injured in this attack.
The arrested man is a key operative of ISIS
According to the news agency AFP, Balkh province's police spokesman Asif Waziri said that the arrested man Abdul Hameed Sangyar is a key operative of ISIS. "This is the mastermind of yesterday's attack on the mosque," he said.
"Sangyar played a key role in several attacks in the past and managed to escape repeatedly, but this time we arrested him in a special operation," Waziri said.
ISIS also claimed responsibility for a separate bomb attack on Thursday in another northern city of Kunduz, in which four people were killed and 18 were injured.
ISIS is attacking the Shia community
ISIS has claimed responsibility for often deadly attacks against the Shia community in Afghanistan. Shia Afghans are mostly from the Hazara ethnic community and makeup between 10 and 20 percent of the country's 38 million people. He has long been a target of ISIS, which considers him a heretic.
Earlier this week at least six people were killed in twin blasts at a boys' school in a Shia-dominated area of Kabul. However, no group has claimed the attack so far.
Questions are being raised about Taliban's claim
Taliban officials say their forces have defeated ISIS, but analysts say the jihadist group remains a major security threat. The Taliban regularly raid suspected ISIS targets.
The Pakistan government on Tuesday approved the country's health ministry to purchase 6.2 million
IRCTC Luggage Rule: Traveling by train is considered to be almost the most simple and economical.
Even after several rounds of Corps Commander-level talks, China is not deterring its antics. Chin
Bollywood superstar Sunny Deol gave blockbuster films like 'Gadar 2'. These days the actor is enj
After the retirement of former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, there is a debate going on ab
Canadian Hindus lash out at Khalistani terrorist's threat, write letter to PM Trudeau
Amid deteriorating relations between India and Canada, Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pann
AQI Update: A slight decline in pollution level was seen in Delhi-NCR last Monday, but once again
The mood of the first monsoon season in the country has suddenly changed. A rain alert has been i
Voting is being held in Bihar on Friday for four Lok Sabha seats – Gaya, Aurangab
There is an atmosphere of panic in Udhampur at this time. Two bomb blasts that took place within
