From the looks of the photo accompanying the Iran International article, the target could have been the reporters who were present. But the story gives no hint of that, and rather suggests that this was another episode of the ongoing Sunni-Shia jihad. “Bomb Blast At Shia Center Linked To Iran Kills Several In Afghanistan,” Iran […]
Afghanistan: at least 4 killed, 20 injured in mosque bombing
Another bombing has happened in Afghanistan, this time at “a mosque near the ministry in the nation’s capital Kabul.” At least four are reported killed and another 20 injured. At the beginning of October, the death toll of a suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom rose to 35, as attacks on the Shiite Hazara community […]
Afghanistan: Muslims attack Sikh temple in retaliation for ‘insult’ to Muhammad
The “insult” in question was an accurate statement about what Islamic tradition records. “Islamic State claims Kabul Sikh temple attack,” AFP, June 19, 2022: The Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan that killed one community member and a Taliban fighter, saying it was retaliation for insults against the […]