Afghanistan: Several feared dead after blast hits mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif

A blast at a mosque Thursday in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan caused dozens of casualties, a Taliban official said, the second attack against a Shia target in three days.

“Preliminary reports confirm there are at least 25 casualties,” Zabihullah Noorani, head of Balkh province’s information and culture department, told AFP.

• Blast in Afghan capital kills one, wounds dozens