Heavy casualties are feared after an explosion hit a Shia mosque during Friday prayers in the Afghan city of Kandahar.
Local media are reporting that the blast occurred at the Iman Bargah mosque and that a number of people have been killed.
The explosion’s cause is not yet clear but a suicide bombing is suspected.
The Taliban captured Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second city on 13 August during a lightening offensive.
The BBC’s Afghanistan Correspondent, Secunder Kermani tweeted that IS-K, a local branch of the Islamic State Group, are expected to say they were behind the attack
