Ariana News Agency-<\/strong><\/em> All those killed in the suicide attack were working for the Afghan security forces, according to Capt. Abdullah, a military spokesman in Khost who goes by only one name.<\/p>\n The blast may have been set off by a suicide bomber or a remotely detonated bomb but nothing was officially confirmed and details were sketchy. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, the Taliban has launched a series of high-profile attacks against Afghan security forces in recent weeks. The militants are waging a war to oust the Western-backed Afghan government and expel foreign forces from the country.<\/p>\n Hundreds of Afghan security guards have been killed, their checkpoints destroyed and weapons seized by the hardline Islamist fighters.<\/p>\n This attack came three days after a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a gathering of religious scholars in Kabul, killing 55 people.<\/p>\n Officials said more than 90 others were injured at the event marking the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad in a banquet hall.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n President Ashraf Ghani condemned the attack in a statement as \u201canti-Islamic and inhumane.\u201d He also wanted to know how the army\u2019s security was breached, demanding a swift investigation and the officials responsible held accountable.<\/p>\n It was the latest in a relentless, near-daily onslaughts in Afghanistan, where the Taliban regularly target Afghan military and police forces throughout the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A suicide blast at a mosque in an army base killed at least 26 Friday prayers and wounded 50\u00a0 in the Ismail Khel district of Khost province in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_mat_hreflang_tags":[],"addvideo":"","video_duration":"","farsit":"","target":"0","top_stories":"0","top":"1"},"categories":[11,2,12],"tags":[39,106,23,32],"class_list":["post-835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents","category-afghanistan","category-security","tag-afghanistan","tag-khost","tag-suicide-attack","tag-taliban"],"acf":{"myctype":"change","target":false,"top_stories":false,"top":true,"farsit":""},"yoast_head":"\n\u00a0No group still claimed responsibility.<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Official Reaction\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n