Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting inside a mosque in the northern province of Baghlan, the Taliban provincial police command said on Tuesday, attributing the attack to a family dispute.
The shooting took place around 6:40 p.m. on Monday in Khwaja Khair village of Khinjan district in Baghlan, the statement said.
It added that the attack occurred as worshipers were performing evening prayers, when gunmen entered the mosque and opened fire.
In the statement, Taliban described the violence as stemming from a “family and honor dispute.” They said the incident was linked to an earlier case in which a member of one family — currently in Taliban custody — had allegedly helped a married woman flee her home.
Relatives of the woman, including her father and brothers, are accused of carrying out the shooting, targeting members of the other family inside the mosque, the statement said.
The wounded were initially taken to a district hospital and later transferred to a provincial facility for further treatment.
The statement said two suspects had been arrested in connection with the attack, while another suspect fled the scene. Efforts to locate and detain the remaining individuals are ongoing, according to the statement.
Violence linked to personal and family disputes remains relatively common in parts of Afghanistan, where limited access to formal legal mechanisms and longstanding social tensions can escalate into deadly confrontations.
