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In yet another deadly attack, a Shia Mosque in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif&nbsp; has been bombed, killing at&nbsp; least 50 people.</p>
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According to local media, bomb was placed in Shia Seh Dokan Mosque in the northern Afghanistan&#39;s Mazar-e-Sharif. It exploded during the noon prayers when it was crowded with worshippers. This is the second&nbsp; attack targeting Shias in the last 48 hours following three suicide bombings&nbsp; of a girls&rsquo; school in Kabul on Tuesday.</p>
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Another terrorist bomb attack in Shia mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif<br />
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Such heinous crimes are only done by the descendants of Ibn Muljams, Yazids and the like<br />
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May Allah resurrect the martyrs with their Imam who was struck with a poisoned sword on the same day. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Afghanistan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Terror?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Terror</a> <a href="https://t.co/HuADiFhKxy">pic.twitter.com/HuADiFhKxy</a></p>
&mdash; Imam Reza Shrine (@ImamRezaEN) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImamRezaEN/status/1517086339988082689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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According to witnesses, the three storied Shia mosque was targeted by two bomb blasts as the prayers were being offered. Pictures and video clips on social media showed&nbsp; horrific swcenes of the bloodbath.</p>
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Another horrific attack on Shia mosque in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Afghanistan</a> Mazar e Sharif, apparently targeting the persecuted <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hazara?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hazara</a> community during the holy month of Ramadan. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StopHazaraGenocide?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StopHazaraGenocide</a><a href="https://t.co/4Y3nuY6mDX">pic.twitter.com/4Y3nuY6mDX</a></p>
&mdash; Alisher Shahir|&#1593;&#1604;&#1740; &#1588;&#1740;&#1585; &#1588;&#1607;&#1740;&#1585; (@ashershahir) <a href="https://twitter.com/ashershahir/status/1517094094866108416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Dr Ghawsuddin Anwari, head of the main hospital in Mazar-e-Sharif told AP that the dead and wounded were brought in ambulances and private cars.</p>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BreakingNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BreakingNews</a> An explosion occured inside a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Shiite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Shiite</a> mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif in the north of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Afghanistan</a>. This is the 2nd attack against the Shias in the country in the past 48 hours. Earlier explosions hit a school in Shia dominated area of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kabul?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kabul</a> killing scores. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Shiagenocide?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Shiagenocide</a> <a href="https://t.co/YUa1FgsI4N">pic.twitter.com/YUa1FgsI4N</a></p>
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&quot;A blast happened in the district inside a Shia mosque, more than 20 were killed and injured,&quot; Mohammad Asif Wazeri, the spokesman for the Taliban commander in Mazar-e-Sharif told news agency Reuters.</p>
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According to the local media, ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the&nbsp; attack.</p>
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Shia-Hazara community, an ethnic and religious minority frequently targeted by the Islamic State of Khorasan (ISIS-K) ), a Sunni militant group.</p>
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On Tuesday, three suicide bombings outside a secondary school in Dasht-e-Barchi -&nbsp; a Hazara Shia neighbourhood in Kabul left more than 30 dead and 100s injured.</p>
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The Hazara-Shia community has been the target of some of the deadliest attacks, especially since 2016 across Afghanistan.</p>
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After the Taliban first took over in August 2021, the neighbourhood experienced a short-lived respite from attacks but has since become the scene of a new cycle of assassinations and bombings, leaving its ethnic Hazara and Shia Muslim residents particularly vulnerable to an unrelenting campaign of targeted killings.</p>
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There have been at least two deadly attacks on Shia-Hazara civilians in Kunduz and Kandahar provinces in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover. In the first attack in Kunduz, more than 400 people had gathered for the Friday prayer on 8 October 2021 when a ISIS-K suicide bomber attacked the Sayed Abad mosque. A week later, ISIS-K suicide bomber attacked Grand Fatima mosque, the largest Shia mosque in Kandahar city, killing more than 100 people.</p>
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<strong>Video: Shia Muslim describes fleeing Taliban attacks in Afghanistan&nbsp;</strong></p>
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A month later, in a daring attack on the high security military hospital in Kabul,&nbsp; suicide bombers of the ISIS-K killed the Taliban military chief for Kabul.</p>
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While the Taliban rulers are touting their ability to provide security, as an achievement, the ISIS-K with its attacks is seeking to discredit that claim and using the Taliban&#39;s own tactics to attack them.</p>
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