• In the northern province of Kunduz, an explosion occurred in an area where dozens of worshippers were slain in April.
• According to a spokeswoman for the provincial police, explosives were put inside the mosque.
• No one has claimed responsibility for the incident so far.

During Friday prayers, a bomb exploded at a mosque in northern Afghanistan, killing at least one worshipper and injuring seven others, according to police.

The blast occurred in Kunduz’s northern region, near a district where scores of worshippers were killed in a similar bomb strike in April.

One worshipper was killed in Friday’s blast at the Alif Birdi mosque in Imam Shahib district, according to provincial police spokesman Qari Obaidullah Abedi.

“The bombs were detonated inside the mosque. The explosion happened while people were saying their Friday prayers “According to AFP, he said.

The death and injury toll was confirmed by a medic at the provincial hospital.

No one has claimed responsibility for the incident so far.

The number of bombs in Afghanistan has decreased since the Taliban took over from a US-backed administration last year, but Daesh has continued to assault minority groups.

During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ended on April 30, a series of bombs struck the country, some of which were claimed by Daesh.

A bombing at a mosque in Imam Shahib area on April 22 killed at least 36 worshippers and injured dozens more in one of the bloodiest strikes since the Taliban retook power.

After Friday prayers, members of the minority Sufi community were practising rites when the bomb went off.

Daesh’s regional branch in Afghanistan has repeatedly targeted Shias and other minorities, such as Sufis, whom it considers heretics.

Officials from the Taliban claim to have beaten Deash, but observers say the group remains a major security threat to Afghanistan’s present leadership.