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Several worshipers killed in attack on Shia mosque in Afghanistan

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Kandahar Oct 15 (EFE / EPA).- Several worshipers died and many others suffered injuries in a powerful explosion that ripped through a Shia mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers, officials said.The official feared that the death toll was likely to increase.The blast took place in the city's Imam Bargah mosque and came days after a suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State on a Shia mosque in the northern city of Kunduz killed 80 and wounded about 100 people. (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: POST-EXPLOSION IN KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN.

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