Blast in Northern Afghanistan Kills 11 During Funeral of Deputy Governor

Blast in Northern Afghanistan Kills 11 During Funeral of Deputy Governor
People run away after a bomb explosion during Fatiha prayers at the Nabawi mosque in the Hesa-e-Awal area of Fayzabad district, Badakhshan Province on June 8, 2023. Omer Abrar/AFP via Getty Images
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KABUL—An explosion inside a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed at least 11 people during the funeral of the Taliban’s provincial deputy governor, who died in an attack earlier this week, officials said.

The Taliban-run Ministry of Interior said that more than 30 people were also injured in the blast in Badakhshan, a province in the far north that shares borders with China and Tajikistan.