Gunman kills six in Afghan mosque attack: govt spokesman
KABUL: Six people were killed when a gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Tuesday. Interior ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said that on Monday around 9:00 pm (1630 GMT) “an unknown armed person shot at civilian worshippers in a mosque” in Herat province’s Guzara district. “Six civilians were martyred, and one civilian was injured,” he wrote on social media platform X early Tuesday morning. The state-run Bakhtar News Agency gave the same death toll for the attack, which took place in a district just south of the provincial capital of Herat city. Citing local sources, domestic media channel Tolo reported the mosque belonged to Afghanistan’s minority Shiite community. While no group has yet claimed the attack, the regional chapter of Islamic State (IS) is the largest security threat in Afghanistan and has frequently targeted Shiite communities. The Taliban government has pledged to protect religious and ethnic minorities since returning ...