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The loss of life from four bombs that ripped through minibusses and a mosque in Afghanistan has risen to at least 16, officials said Thursday, with some of the attacks claimed by the Islamic State group.
On Wednesday, at least 10 people were killed when three bombs placed on separate minibuses exploded in the northern city of Mazar-I-Sharif, a health official and police said.
“The bombs were placed on three minibuses in different districts of the city,” Balkh provincial police spokesman Asif Waziri told AFP, adding that 15 other people were wounded.
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Najibullah Tawana, head of the Balkh health department, said three ladies were among the 10 killed in the blasts.
Hours after the blasts, the Islamic State bunch (IS) asserted responsibility for the minibus attacks on social media.
One more bomb exploded inside a mosque in the capital Kabul late Wednesday.
Early on Thursday, Kabul police representative Khalid Zadran tweeted that six individuals had been killed in that blast and another 18 injured.
In the immediate aftermath of the mosque attack, the interior ministry had said two people were killed and 10 wounded.
The ministry also said the bomb was placed inside a fan in the mosque.
It was as yet unclear whether Wednesday’s bombings targeted any specific community.
