Iran Press/ Asia: A blast ripped through a mosque in Pul-e-Khumri, the provincial capital of north Afghanistan's Baghlan province, on Friday, inflicting casualties, Provincial Director for Information and Culture Asadullah Mustafa Hashimi 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 in Baghlan province where the incident took place.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Hashimi said authorities are probing what type of blast it was.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast. 219
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