<p>A suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province on Friday, killing 46 people and wounding more than 140, the state-run Bakhtar news agency said.</p>.<p>Video footage showed bodies surrounded by debris inside the mosque that is used by people from the minority Shi'ite Muslim community.</p>.<p>No group immediately claimed responsibility. The blast follows several attacks, including one at a mosque in Kabul, in recent weeks, some of which have been claimed by the Sunni Muslim militants of Islamic State.</p>.<p>The attacks have underscored security challenges for the Taliban, which took over the country in August and have since carried out operations against Islamic State cells in Kabul.</p>.<p>"This afternoon, an explosion took place in a mosque of our Shiite compatriots ... as a result of which a number of our compatriots were martyred and wounded," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter.</p>.<p>Bakhtar news agency, run by the ministry of information, said 46 people were killed and 143 wounded in the blast.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>A suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province on Friday, killing 46 people and wounding more than 140, the state-run Bakhtar news agency said.</p>.<p>Video footage showed bodies surrounded by debris inside the mosque that is used by people from the minority Shi'ite Muslim community.</p>.<p>No group immediately claimed responsibility. The blast follows several attacks, including one at a mosque in Kabul, in recent weeks, some of which have been claimed by the Sunni Muslim militants of Islamic State.</p>.<p>The attacks have underscored security challenges for the Taliban, which took over the country in August and have since carried out operations against Islamic State cells in Kabul.</p>.<p>"This afternoon, an explosion took place in a mosque of our Shiite compatriots ... as a result of which a number of our compatriots were martyred and wounded," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter.</p>.<p>Bakhtar news agency, run by the ministry of information, said 46 people were killed and 143 wounded in the blast.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>