Among the many lifeless are youngsters, in keeping with Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, whereas an extra 43 individuals have been injured within the explosion.
Mujahid mentioned the blast passed off throughout Friday gamers on the mosque within the Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province.
It comes a day after explosions additionally struck Kunduz, and one other metropolis, Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. Separate explosions hit studying services in western Kabul on Tuesday, killing college students.
Personal Afghan channel TOLO information mentioned that the blast focused the Mawlawi Sekandar mosque.
CNN just isn’t in a position to confirm the variety of lifeless however a witness chatting with CNN on situation of anonymity mentioned that our bodies have been seen after the explosion.
The supply required anonymity as a result of politically delicate nature of the assaults, and worry of reprisal from the federal government.
A collection of lethal blasts, primarily concentrating on the Hazara Shia neighborhood, have rocked a number of Afghan cities over the previous week.
Most of this week’s assaults have been claimed by ISIS affiliate group and Taliban rival ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-Ok).
No one has but claimed accountability for Friday’s explosion.