Daesh claims responsibility for Badakhshan mosque attack

Daesh on Friday claimed responsibility for an explosion inside a mosque in northern Badakhshan province the day before.

The blast inside Nabawi mosque in Badakhshan on Thursday killed at least 11 people and wounded more than 30 others during prayer ceremony of provincial deputy governor, Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, who was killed in a car bombing two days earlier.

That attack was also claimed by Daesh.