Faraan: “Unfortunately they could not protect this area and in future we will assign special security guards for the protection of mosques and Madrasas,” the chief of the Kandahar police announced in a statement, which a Taliban official posted on social media, The Hill reported.
The Shia mosques, which had previously been protected by volunteers who were allowed to carry weapons, would be given assigned units in the future.
On Friday, photos and videos circulated on social media of people presumed to be dead and others injured on a bloody floor at a Shia mosque in Kandahar.
Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) later claimed responsibility for the attack. It previously claimed responsibility for several other attacks, including a suicide bombing during Friday noon prayer at a mosque in Kunduz that was filled with worshippers.
In late August, it also claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that left 13 US service members and dozens more Afghans dead.
US troops left Afghanistan in August as the Taliban took over the country more quickly than the Joe Biden administration had anticipated.
