At slightest 100 worshippers person been killed oregon injured aft a termination bomber targeted a Shia mosque, successful the bluish Afghan metropolis of Kunduz, according to quality reports, during Friday prayers.

The UN chief condemned the “horrific” onslaught “in the strongest terms”, noting that it represents the 3rd battle connected a spiritual institution, successful little than a week.

The UN household successful #Afghanistan is profoundly acrophobic by reports of precise precocious casualties successful an onslaught contiguous successful Sayyidabad Shia Mosque, #Khanabad, #Kunduz. Initial accusation indicates much than 100 radical killed and injured successful a termination blast wrong the mosque. 1/2

— UNAMA News (@UNAMAnews) October 8, 2021

“Attacks that deliberately people civilians exercising the right to freely signifier their religion are violations of cardinal quality rights and planetary humanitarian law”, said Secretary-General António Guterres, in a statement released by his Spokesperson. “The perpetrators indispensable beryllium brought to justice.”

The Secretary-General expresses his condolences to the bereaved families and wishes those injured, a speedy recovery.

IKSP assertion attack

According to quality reports, the onslaught was claimed by the section Islamic State violent radical affiliate, known arsenic Islamic State Khorasan Province (IKSP).

IKSP has antecedently targeted the Shia Muslim assemblage successful Sunni-majority Afghanistan, and is an extremist Islamist faction opposed to the de facto rulers of the country, the Taliban, who seized powerfulness successful mid-August.

Militants from IKSP, carried retired the deadly onslaught astatine Kabul airdrome past month, which killed 13 United States subject personnel, and 169 Afghan civilians.

‘Disturbing pattern’

The UN Mission successful Afghanistan, UNAMA, tweeted that it was profoundly acrophobic implicit the caller spate of attacks, which isolated from the bombing of Sayyidabad mosque connected Friday, included an incidental claimed by IKSP connected Sunday adjacent a mosque successful Kabul, and Wednesday’s onslaught connected a schoolhouse successful Khost, which is truthful far, unclaimed.

“Today’s incidental is portion of a disturbing signifier of violence”, said UNAMA.

In a tweet, the UN quality rights office, OHCHR, said that the bombings and targetting of houses of worship, "highlights the vulnerability of mean Afghans, particularly spiritual minorities. Our hearts are with the victims and we anticipation for justice."