At least five people were killed, and dozens of others were wounded in an explosion inside a mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif in the north of Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported, citing local health officials.

A local Taliban official told dpa that the blast targeted a Shia mosque in the centre of the city when people were worshipping.

The mosque, identified as Say Dokan, is believed to be the biggest and oldest Shia mosque in the city.

The official added that the type of blast was not immediately clear.

Meanwhile, two more explosions took place in Kunduz city and the capital Kabul on Thursday.

Details of the blast in Kunduz were not immediately clear.

A Kabul police spokesman said two children were injured in a roadside bomb in police district 5 of the city.

A new wave of violence has struck Afghanistan in the past couple of days.

At least nine students were killed and 19 others wounded when three explosions targeted the students of an educational centre and a high school in Kabul’s Shia neighbourhood on Tuesday.

Other reports claimed a much higher death toll.

There has been no claim of responsibility for the attacks, but the Islamic State terrorist group is the main suspect behind such attacks that target Shia Muslims in Afghanistan. 

(dpa/NAN)