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| Kabul mosque attack: Suicide bomb explosion and gunmen launch assault on Imam Zaman mosque in Afghan capital | Kabul mosque attack: Suicide bomb explosion and gunmen launch assault on Imam Zaman mosque in Afghan capital |
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| Gunmen attacked a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday, police said. | Gunmen attacked a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday, police said. |
| The police are reporting that there are sounds of explosions and gunfire at the scene of the attack but details are sketchy. | |
| Witnesses told Reuters gunmen threw grenades before entering the mosque. | |
| There was no immediate information on any casualties. | |
| Police official, Mohammed Jamil, says the gunmen are still inside the mosque in Qala-Najara, a northern neighbourhood of Kabul, which was crowded with worshippers bowed in Muslim Friday prayers. | |
| Jamil says that Afghan security forces have surrounded the mosque but are not advancing or pushing into it to prevent more casualties. | |
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