#Taliban @moiafghanistan's spokesman:
"Today at 11:30 a.m., an explosion occurred at the Shia's Tebyan cultural center in PD2 of Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province.
One guard of the said cultural center was killed&8 people including 5 journalists&3 children were injured n the blast."
@avapress, the media outlet of Tebyan Cultural & Social Center, meanwhile reported that 3 people were killed & 30 more wounded in today's #explosion in #Mazar-e Sharif City.
#ISKP group is the main suspect behind today's explosion that targeted a #Shia center connected to #Iran.
The head of Tebyan Center, a pro-Iran Shia Afghan @hosseinimazari, in a statement condemned today's attack in Mazar-e Sharif claiming that the cultural&social center "was attacked by terrorists affiliated with #America& its allies, and nearly 40 people were killed and injured."
Iran strongly condemned "the cowardly terrorist attack" in Mazar-e-Sharif city&called the perpetrators of such attacks as "enemies of the stability, security& peace of Afghans".
UNAMA with a similar condemnation called for protection of journalists& said "the violence must stop".
@avapress released some photos of the yesterday's gathering in #Mazar-e Sharif, captured before the explosion.
There is also a video report about the incident released by @irib_news. An IRIB journo wounded in the incident confirms in video that 3 people were killed in the blast. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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