KABUL (Reuters) – A blast ripped through a Shi’ite mosque in northern Afghanistan on Friday, injuring several people, a government official said.
“A blast has taken place at a Shi’ite mosque. The authorities are taking the injured and dead to hospital,” the official, Mawlawi Hashimi, told Reuters in Baghlan province where the incident took place.
(Reporting by Mohammad Yunus Yawar; Writing by Asif Shahzad; Editing by Christina Fincher)

