At least 60 killed in Afghanistan mosque attacks

At least 60 people are feared dead after suicide attacks on mosques in the Afghan cities of Kabul and Ghor on Friday.

On Saturday, ISIL claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least 39 people at the Imam Zaman mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday afternoon. A suicide bomber detonated explosives inside the mosque, an official from the Afghan Interior Ministry said.

The attack happened at around 5:40 p.m. local time, when worshipers were gathering in the mosque for evening prayers.

A second bombing took place at a Sunni mosque in the central province of Ghor. Around 30 people died in the attack, according to Al Jazeera.

(CGTN)