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Kabul attack: Shia mosque suicide bombing kills at least 30 people in Afghan capital Kabul attack: Shia mosque suicide bombing kills at least 30 people in Afghan capital
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A suicide bomber has detonated his explosives inside a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing 30 people, according to reports.A suicide bomber has detonated his explosives inside a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing 30 people, according to reports.
The exact number of casualties in the bombing at the Imam Zamam mosque in western Kabul was unknown, a security official said. At least 45 people were injured in the bombing at the Imam Zamam mosque in western Kabul, a security official said.
It is the latest in a string of attacks against the country's Shia minority.  Interior minister Major General Alimast Momand told AP the attacker walked into the building and detonated his explosives.
A UN report, released this week, claimed at least 84 Shia people have been killed and 194 wounded this year, as extremists have targetted their mosques and religious ceremonies, The head of the area's Isteqlal Hospital, Mohammad Sabir Nassib, said it received the bodies of two people killed in the attack as well as two wounded. 
More follows… Isis has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
  Photos emerged on social media showing the aftermath of the blast.
The bodies of the dead were covered in rugs by bystanders. 
Shortly afterwards, another blast was reported in a mosque in the Dolaina district of the northwestern Ghor province, also causing a number of casualties. 
It is currently unknown if the two bombings are linked, but they followed a wave of violence in the country. 
On Thursday, at least 58 Afghan security forces personnel were killed across the country in a coordinated Taliban attack.
Army compounds and police stations were targeted and a base in Kandahar province was nearly overrun, according to officials. 
The Kabul attack is being seen as the latest in a round of violence which has been committed against the country's Shia minority. 
A UN report, released this week, claimed at least 84 Shia people have been killed and 194 wounded this year, as extremists have targetted their mosques and religious ceremonies.