Suicide Bombers Attack Two Afghan Mosques, at Least 72 Dead

Afghan men inspect inside a Shi'ite Muslim mosque after last night's attack in Kabul, Afghanistan October 21, 2017. Reuters/Omar Sobhani

KABUL—Suicide bombers attacked two mosques in Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 72 people including children, officials and witnesses said.

One bomber walked into a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in the capital Kabul as people were praying on Friday night and detonated an explosive, one of the worshippers there, Mahmood Shah Husaini, said.