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Egypt condemns Shiite mosque suicide bombing in Kabul

Xinhua, November 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

Egypt condemned on Tuesday the suicide bomb attack on a mosque in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul that left 32 people dead and several others wounded, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest inside Baqir-ul-Ulum Mosque on Monday in Kabul while Shiite Muslims were holding a religious procession at the site.

The Islamic State (IS) regional terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack.

"Egypt stresses solidarity with the Afghan government and people against the phenomenon of terrorism that targets development and stability around the world," Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said in the statement.

Egypt has been suffering a rising wave of anti-government terrorist attacks that killed hundreds of police and military men since the military ousted former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013 in response to mass protests.

Since then, most of the attacks in Egypt were claimed by the a Sinai-based group loyal to the IS, while the post-Morsi administration declared "a war against terrorism," led by former military chief and current President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi. Endit