Afghanistan, March 15 -- The police chief in South Waziristan, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa near the Afghanistan border, reported that a bomb explosion in a mosque on Friday left Abdullah Nadeem, a leader of an Islamist party, and three others, including children, injured.
Asif Bahadar, the regional police chief, confirmed that the explosion took place on Friday, March 14, and that Abdullah Nadeem, leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazal-ur-Rehman group), was the target. He was severely injured and transported to the hospital for treatment.
It remains unclear who was responsible for the blast. According to Asif Bahadar, an improvised explosive device (IED) was planted at the pulpit of the Maulana Abdul Aziz Mosque in the Kadah area nea...