Interior ministry spokesman Sayed Khosti said on Twitter: "We are saddened to learn that an explosion took place in a mosque of the Shia brotherhood in the first district of Kandahar city in which a number of our compatriots were martyred and wounded."
Afhayeenka wasaaradda arrimaha gudaha Afganistan Qari Sayed Khosti ayaa bartiisa Twitter -ka ku yiri: "Waan ka xunahay inaan maqalno in qarax uu ka dhacay masaajid ay ku jiraan walaalaha shiicada oo ku yaal degmada koowaad ee magaalada Qandahaar halkaasoo ay ku shahiideen kuna dhaawacmeen tiro ka mid ah dadka aan isku dalka nahay."