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Afghanistan: Unidentified men blow up mosque in Momand Dara

| @indiablooms | Dec 26, 2017, at 09:55 pm

Kabul, Dec 26 (IBNS):  A mosque and a shrine were blown up by unidentified men in the Momand Dara district of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, media reports said.

Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Gardi Ghaus area early in the morning.

Speaking to the Afghanistan based news agency, he accused the “enemies of Islam” of planting explosives inside the mosque.

The device reportedly blew up at around 5am.

More details are awaited.

No casualty has been reported so far.

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