Kabul: On Wednesday, six people were wounded in a grenade blast at a mosque in the Afghan capital minutes after worshippers offered midday prayers marking the holy month of Ramazan, the police reported. “We had finished the prayers and were heading out of the mosque when the blast occurred,” worshipper Mohammed Yasin told. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran told that a grenade was thrown inside the Pul-i-Khisti mosque and a suspect was arrested at the scene.

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