The Kunduz Police Command said in a statement that one person was killed and seven others were injured in a blast at the Alif-Birdi mosque in the Imam Sahib district of Kunduz today.

According to the statement, the blast was caused by a mine planted in the mosque and detonated around 1:30 pm during Friday prayers.

The Kunduz Police Command said that security forces arrived at the scene and the injured were taken to the 50-bed Imam Sahib Hospital.