Daesh claims attack on mosque in Kabul

A Daesh-linked news agency carried the claim on its website on Friday,

A suicide bomber detonated himself at the gate of a mosque in the Afghan capital as other attackers stormed the building, killing at least 14 people as worshippers gathered for Friday prayers, officials said. 
The Daesh group's affiliate in Afghanistan has claimed responsibility for an attack that is underway on a mosque in Kabul.
A Daesh-linked news agency carried the claim on its website on Friday, while the attack in the Afghan capital was still developing.
In the claim, Daesh says two of its fighters, seeking martyrdom, carried out the assault. It did not give further details. The attack was the latest by Daesh to hit the Afghan capital. 
Within days of the embassy attack in Kabul, Daesh also took responsibility for a brutal suicide assault on a mosque in western Herat province that killed 32 people.
An official at the Ministry of Interior said there were at least 14 civilian casualties, while at least two policemen had been killed and eight wounded.
At least two bodies and 15 wounded people had been brought to city hospitals, with ambulances retrieving more casualties at the scene, said Ismail Kawosi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health.
Some witnesses at the scene said the attackers threw grenades, while police officials said a suicide bomber detonated himself at the gate.
One witness said an attacker wearing a vest packed with explosives shot and killed the guards at the gate.
"At first a suicide bomber opened fire and martyred two security guards at the entrance of the mosque and then they entered inside," Sayed Pacha told Reuters. "Some people escaped out of the mosque including women, but there were four attackers who managed to enter the mosque."
Later explosions rocked the area, but their source was unclear.
 

#FLASH Terrorists enter a mosque in Qala-e-Najrha in Kabul: Afghanistan media pic.twitter.com/Q5jVQXWePk
- ANI (@ANI) August 25, 2017