At least 11 individuals had been killed when an explosion occurred close to a mosque in northern Afghanistan at a memorial service for the Taliban’s provincial deputy governor, who died in an assault earlier this week, officers mentioned, in response to Al Jazeera.

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The explosion occurred in the course of the memorial service for Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, the deputy governor of Badakhshan who was killed in a automotive bombing on Tuesday.

A former Taliban police official was amongst these killed and greater than 30 others had been wounded within the explosion close to Nabawi Mosque on Thursday, in response to Abdul Nafi Takor, the Taliban-appointed spokesman for the inside ministry.

Takor mentioned there have been issues that the variety of casualties might rise additional.

The assault in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, additionally killed the deputy governor’s driver and wounded 10 different individuals.

A automotive bombing on Tuesday claimed the lifetime of Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, the deputy governor of Badakhshan, and the explosion came about throughout his memorial service. The deputy governor’s chauffeur was additionally killed within the assault in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, and ten different individuals had been injured.

Safiullah Samim, a former Afghan police chief in Baghlan, was reportedly killed within the explosion on Thursday, in response to Moazuddin Ahmadi, the Afghan official answerable for communication and tradition, in response to Al Jazeera.

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the assault and tweeted that the bombing of mosques is an act of “terrorism” and goes “against human and Islamic standards”.

There was no instant declare of duty for the assault. The ISIL (ISIS) armed group claimed duty for the automotive bombing on Tuesday.

The Taliban administration has been finishing up raids in opposition to members of ISIL, which has claimed a number of main assaults in city centres, Al Jazeera reported.

The group has focused Taliban administration officers and claimed the killing of the governor of northern Balkh province in an assault in March.

Several senior Taliban officers attended Ahmadi’s funeral, which came about on Wednesday, together with lots of of residents of Faizabad.

The Afghan navy chief, Fasihuddin Fitrat, denounced the assaults in Badakhshan and requested individuals to cooperate with Afghan safety forces and report suspicious actions of their areas, Al Jazeera reported.

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In December, a automotive bombing killed Badakhshan’s provincial police chief as he was on his method to work.

The ISIL regional affiliate, referred to as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, mentioned on the time that it had carried out that assault. The group mentioned it had parked an explosive-laden automotive on the street and detonated it when the police chief was shut by.