1st LD: Casualties feared as blast rocks Afghanistan's Faizabad city-Xinhua

1st LD: Casualties feared as blast rocks Afghanistan's Faizabad city

Source: Xinhua| 2023-06-08 15:45:45|Editor: huaxia

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Casualties were feared as a blast rocked Faizabad, the capital of Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan province, on Thursday, provincial director for Information and Culture Qari Maazudin Ahamdi said.

The blast took place inside a mosque where a memorial service for the late deputy governor of Badakhshan province, Mawlawi Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, was underway, the official added.

This is the second blast in Faizabad city since Tuesday. In the previous blast, which happened on Tuesday morning, two people, including Mawlawi Ahmadi, were killed and six others injured.

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