ISIS Claims Responsibility for Terrorist Bombing That Killed 46 in Afghanistan

Afghan men stand next to an ambulance after a bomb attack at a mosque in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on Oct. 8, 2021. AFP via Getty Images

An ISIS terrorist affiliate claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that killed dozens inside an Afghan mosque on Friday.

ISIS-K, the Afghanistan branch of the Syria- and Iraq-terror organization, said one of its members was behind the blast via its Amaq news channel. The individual who was behind the attack was a Uyghur Muslim, the group said.