An explosion at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, killed 21 people and injured 33.

The Islamist Taliban-affiliated police are investigating the details.

A mosque in northwestern Kabul, Afghanistan, exploded on the night of the 17th.



Twenty-one civilians were killed and 33 injured in the blast, according to the Taliban-affiliated Islamist group that controls Afghanistan.



At the time, many people were believed to have been inside the mosque for evening prayers, and according to the Associated Press, a man who witnessed the explosion said, "There was a very large explosion inside the mosque." is.



Police under the Taliban said in an interview with NHK, ``We are trying to find and bring to justice the perpetrators of this serious crime,'' and are investigating the details of the explosion.



In Afghanistan, it has been a year since the Taliban seized power on the 15th of this month, but the extremist organization IS = Islamic State has repeatedly bombed terrorism, and the security situation continues to be unstable.