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Dozens of people have been killed in a mosque explosion in Afghanistan

Officials say the blast happened during Friday prayers in the northern Kunduz province. No group has yet claimed responsibility.
Updated October 8, 2021 at 10:39 AM ET

A suicide bomb explosion ripped through a Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan's Kunduz province, killing and wounding dozens of worshippers, according to a local official.

Afghanistan's quotes the director of information and culture of

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