Suicide bombers strike Shiite mosques in Afghanistan, leaving 39 dead

At least 39 people were killed on Wednesday in two suicide attacks at Shiite mosques in Afghanistan. In the first attack, a terrorist opened fire on worshippers who had gathered at a mosque in the capital Kabul to mark the Ashura holiday and then blew himself up, killing 18 people and wounding dozens of others. Several hours later, a terrorist detonated the explosive vest he was wearing outside a mosque north of Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Balkh province, during a ceremony marking the holiday, killing at least 21 people and wounding about 30 others. The Islamic State organization took responsibility for the attacks and released pictures of the bombers.