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Taliban Attacks: Attacks and Afghan President

taliban attacks: Taliban attacks in Afghanistan kill 58Taliban claims responsibility for wave of deadly attacks In the attack in Kabul, a suicide bomber walked into the Imam Zaman Mosque, a Shia mosque in the western Dashte-e-Barchi neighbourhood where he detonated his explosives vest, killing 30 and wounding 45, said Maj.-Gen, according to CBC. Alimast Momand at the Interior Ministry. The Afghan president issued a statement condemning both attacks and saying that country's security forces would step up the fight to eliminate the terrorists who target Afghans of all religions and tribes. The suicide bombing in Ghor province struck a Sunni mosque, also during Friday prayers and killed 33 people, including a warlord who was apparently the target of the attack, said Mohammad Iqbal Nizami, the spokesperson for the provincial chief of police. The U.S. government strongly condemned the attacks in Kabul and Ghor, as well as other attacks carried out across Afghanistan this week. No group immediately claimed responsibility for either attack, the latest in a devastating week that saw Taliban attacks kill scores across the country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.