INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
An explosion tore through a mosque near the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Friday killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens of
city.It was not clear who was behind the attack, which came after several blasts claimed by the armed group ISIL (ISIS) rocked Afghanistan,
including one in Kunduz and another on a Shia mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, on Thursday.Armed groups such as ISIL bear a deep hatred for Sufis
attacks since the Taliban seized power in August last year.In October, a suicide attack at a Shia mosque, also in Kunduz, killed at least 55
The biggest ideological difference between the two is that the Taliban sought only an Afghanistan free of foreign forces, whereas ISIL wants
an Islamic caliphate.The deadliest of three bombings on Thursday exploded inside a Shia mosque in northern Mazar-i-Sharif with at least 12
people killed and as many as 40 wounded.Earlier Thursday, a roadside bomb exploded near a boys school in the Afghan capital of Kabul,
been battling an ISIL affiliate known as Islamic State in Khorasan Province, which is proving to be an intractable security
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