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An explosion inside a mosque in north-east Afghanistan has killed 11 people and injured 30. The explosion happened at 11:00 local time in the provincial capital, Faizabad on Thursday. The victims of the blast were the Taliban officials who were attending a prayer service for the deputy governor of Badakhshan province Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, who was killed by a car bomb earlier on Tuesday. The Islamic State militant group said it carried out the car bomb attack. One other person was killed and six more wounded in that attack.
Sources confirmed that two local Taliban officials were killed at the mosque. They include the former police commander of northern Baghlan province, Safiullah Samim, according to a statement offering condolences from another police chief.