27 dead in suicide bombing of Afghanistan mosque filled with praying soldiers
KABUL — A bomb exploded during Friday prayers in a mosque packed with army troops in Afghanistan’s southeastern Khost province, killing at least 27 of them, a government spokesman said.There were conflicting accounts as to how the blast was triggered. Some officials said a suicide bomber detonated explosives on his body, while other officials said they suspected that a bomb hidden in the main hall of the mosque detonated as soldiers were beginning to offer special Friday […]
