A large explosion has hit a Shia mosque in Afghanistan’s northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least five people and wounding several dozen others.
Mohammad Asif Wazeri, the spokesman for the Taliban commander in Mazar-i-Sharif, told Reuters that the blast happened inside a Shia mosque in the 2nd District on Thursday, leaving more than 20 killed and injured.
Hospital sources said at least five people were killed and several dozen injured as the explosion went off when worshipers ...