The United Nations on Tuesday condemned a spate of violence at the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, that killed or injured more than 100 civilians in Afghanistan over two days.
The ranking U.N. official in Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom, condemned the most recent incident, when a bomb exploded early Monday inside the Grand Mosque in the capital of the northern province of Baghlan where more than 500 residents had gathered to break their fast.
According to local officials, the blast injured more than 40 civilians who were awaiting a distribution of rice and oil.