KABUL
Daesh group took responsibility of suicide bombing that took place on a memorial service in northeast Afghanistan in which 13 killed and 30 others injured.
In statement on Friday Daesh group of regional affiliates said the target was service near Nabwi mosque of Faizabad city in Badakhshan province.
Daesh claimed much higher lose as compare to Afghan Taliban and said 20 taliban official were killed and 50 others were beard injuries.
This was memorial service of Badkhshan governor who was killed in car bombing attack near Faizabad on Tuesday. This attacke killed governor and his driver while 10 more wounded. This attack was also claimed by Daesh.
A former Taliban police officials were also among others to attend the funeral prayer of the died governor said Taliban interior spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor.
The Daesh group has increased its attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021, following the withdrawal of US and NATO troops after two decades of war. Targets have included Taliban patrols and members of Afghanistan’s Shiite minority.
Last December, a car bombing killed Badakhshan’s provincial police chief as he was on his way to work. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it parked an explosive-laden car on the road and detonated it when the police chief’s car passed by.
