No immediate claim of responsibility for blast, which occurred during Friday prayers

At least 15 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a Shia mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz, in the latest violence to rock the country since the Taliban takeover in August.

Local residents said the blast happened during Friday prayers. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but Islamic State, bitter rivals of the Taliban, has claimed similar recent atrocities.

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