A hospital official said that, an explosion in a mosque killed at least 19 worshippers and wounded dozens more in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar.
According to local sources, the congregational mosque in Yangi Qala district has been completely destroyed by fire as a result of an electric short circuit in northern Takhar province.
An explosion ripped through a mosque inside an Afghan army base in the country's volatile eastern Khost province as Friday prayers were drawing to a close, killing at least 26 soldiers and wounding 57, the military said.