The explosion took place during Friday prayers inside the Sayedabad mosque in Khanabad district of Kunduz province.

"Today in the afternoon, in the Khanabad Bandar area in the capital city of Kunduz, a blast targeted a mosque belonging to our Shia citizens, which martyred and wounded a number of our compatriots,” said Zabiullah Mujahid, the deputy minister of information and culture. (ILKHA)