The explosion happened in the Serahi Alauddin area of the city, Afghanistan’s TOLO channel reported, citing a witness.
Emergency, an NGO that provides free medical and surgical treatment to Afghan civilians, said in a tweet that 20 injured people were being treated at their hospital following the blast.
In a statement posted on Twitter on Friday, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said he condemned the attack, which took place days before the end of Ramadan.
“We strongly condemn today’s explosion at a mosque in Kabul’s 6th District. Such brutal murders in such a quick time is the work of the circles that have nothing to do with it. Islam or country,” Mujahid tweeted on Friday.
He added: “The Emirates express their deepest sympathies to the families of the victims. The perpetrators of these crimes will soon be found and punished,” he added.
Weeks of deadly attacks
A series of deadly explosions, mainly targeting the Shia Hazara community, have rocked several Afghan cities over the past two weeks.
Last week, 33 people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion at a mosque in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province during Friday prayers, according to Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid.
That explosion followed other attacks in the days before that – one in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan and another in Kunduz, along with multiple explosions earlier this week at a high school and an education center in western Kabul.
Most of the recent attacks have been claimed by the affiliated group of ISIS and the Taliban’s rival ISIS-Khorsan (ISIS-K). Friday’s explosion has yet to be confirmed by any group.
