(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The deadliest attack came at a mosque in the capital, Kabul, where Shiite worshippers were mourning in the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussain (Ashoura) the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of men, women and children gathered outside the shrine. The Public Health Ministry says 56 people were martyred and more than 160 wounded.
In the second attack, a bomb on a bicycle exploded as a convoy of Shiites passed on a road in a northern city (Mazar-i-Sharif -- mu-ZAR'-eh-sheh-REEF'). The Interior Ministry says police defused a second bomb planted near the first.
A man claiming to represent a Wahhabi militant group known for its ruthlessness called various media outlets in Pakistan to claim responsibility for the Kabul bombing.
The top Shiite cleric in Kabul said "Muslims will never forget these attacks". The Taliban have condemned the attacks.
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