Blast in a Mosque in Qandhar Afghanistan during Friday Prayer 35 people dead and 68 wounded

KABUL, Oct 15 (Reuters) – A large explosion tore through a Shi’ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar killing at least 35 people, the second week in a row that militants bombed Friday prayers and killed dozens of worshippers from the minority sect. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Friday’s attack in Kandahar, but Islamic State claimed the similar bombing that killed scores of Shi’ites in the northern city of Kunduz a week earlier. The attacks have caused shock and terror among members of Afghanistan’s Shi’ite minority and undermine the ruling Taliban movement’s claim to have restored security since taking control of the country in August. A health official at Kandahar’s Mirwais hospital told Reuters it had confirmed 35 dead and was treating 68 wounded.