An explosion occurred at Sher Shah Suri Mosque in Kart-e-Char area in the west of Kabul as people were partaking in the Friday prayer, 10 days after an explosion at a mosque in downtown Kabul left two dead and several others wounded.

Among the four killed was the imam of the mosque, Azizullah Mofleh, according to the Ministry of Interior Affairs.

The explosives were placed inside the mosque, the ministry said.

The explosion comes after an IED blast in Wazir Akbar Khan Mosque in downtown Kabul on June 2 in which the imam of the mosque, Mohammad Ayaz Niazi, was killed.