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Death toll from Kabul mosque blast reaches 21

Family members of victims of last night's explosion sit as they wait in front of an emergency hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara

A blast that tore through a Kabul mosque during evening prayers on Wednesday killed 21 people, Kabul police said on Thursday, as the United Nations expressed concern over a growing number of civilian casualties from explosions.

Police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said that another 33 people had been injured in the blast, which witnesses told Reuters shattered the windows of buildings near the mosque in a northern Kabul neighbourhood.

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