ISIS Claims Suicide Attack at Mosque in Afghan Capital
By:Rachel Braccio
This past friday, August 26 2017 ISIS admits to a suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim mosque in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. This terrorist attack left 28 people dead and is another horrific event caused by the growing terrorist group. The way this attack happened was there were three attackers. As one attacker pulled the bombs from his back causing an explosion the two other men began to rapidly firing their weapons at security forces. The fight between sides  took nearly 4 hours until the gunmen were  shot and killed. At the end of the attack police say that 28  innocent civilians were murdered and 50 were injured including women and children. Two out of the 28 civilians were police officers. ISIS claims full responsibility for the attack on the mosque saying they were targeting Shiite Muslims. However this isn't the only attack ISIS has done lately on Shiite worshipers. In this month they have admitted to performing a dual suicide bomb at a mosque in  the Western City of Herat. This attack killed 30 people while they did their evening prayers. Even though ISIS preformed this terrible act the Taliban another terrorist group actual openly condemned the bombing of the mosque. The reason I  choose this current event is because I feel like the terrorist group is getting stronger so people need to be aware of this growing problem. Also I am strongly against judging people on their religion so i'm heart broken the attacks were because they were Shiite Muslims.


Discussion Question:
Do you believe that ISIS is getting stronger and more aggressive?
How would you try to solve the ISIS problem?





Links:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/asia/kabul-bomb-blast-mosque/index.html
http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-mosque-attack-20170826-story.html