Attack On Jawadya Mosque: Death toll rises to 29

A suicide bomber and a gunman killed at least 29 people and wounded 63 at a packed Shia mosque in Afghanistan’s main western city of Herat Tuesday, the latest attack to highlight the country’s deteriorating security situation. The assault on the Jawadya mosque in Herat, which is close to Afghanistan’s border with Iran, came a day after the ISIS claimed a deadly attack on the Iraqi embassy in Kabul.

The Herat attack was the latest in a series of assaults on Afghanistan’s minority Shia population.

“The death toll has risen to 29 killed and 63 wounded. Some wounded are in a critical condition so the toll may go up,” hospital spokesman Rafeeq Shirzai told. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but ISIS has been targeting Shia minority crowds and mosques in Afghanistan for around a year. The Taliban specifically denied that it was involved.