Human rights body slams Pakistan for forced deportation of Afghan refugees
US-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged that Pakistan should immediately end the forced return and deportation of Afghan refugees.
At least four people were killed and several others injured as a bomb blast ripped through a mosque in Kabul, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Tareq Arian.
The mosque is located in the capital city’s Police District 3.
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Arian further said that the victims included a prayer leader.
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He did not provide any further information related to the blast.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Earlier this month, a well-known imam and a worshipper were killed and two others injured in a prayer-time bombing at a popular mosque in Kabul’s fortified Green Zone.
Last month, at least seven policemen were killed and three others injured in a Taliban attack in Afghanistan’s Farah province, the first major incident after a three-day ceasefire ended.
On March 25, an unidentified gunmen and suicide bombers stormed a Sikh gurdwara in Kabul that killed at least 27 worshippers and eight others injured.
In July 2019, a senior PPS officer Gen. Abdul Ghaffar died days after being injured in a roadside mine explosion in Kabul’s Qala-e-Zaman Khan neighbourhood.
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