Deadly IS blast in Afghanistan 'Blood and fear everywhere'
The first explosion tore through a Shia Muslim mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif.At least 31 people were killed and 87 were wounded.
The Islamic State group (IS) admitted to carrying out the attack. The Taliban say they have defeated the IS, but the group remains a serious security challenge to Afghanistan's new rulers.
The attack on the Mazar-i-Sharif mosque was carried out using a remotely detonated booby-trapped bag when the building was packed with worshippers; the Sunni Muslim IS jihadists said.
The group called the attacks part of an ongoing global campaign to "avenge" the deaths of its former leader and spokesman.
Ahmad Zia Zindani, the spokesman for the provincial public health department, told the AFP news agency that "blood and fear are everywhere" and that "people were screaming" while seeking news of their relatives at the local hospital.
IS has also claimed another of Thursday's attacks - a blast that saw a vehicle blown up near a police station in Kunduz, leaving four dead and 18 injured.
Taliban vehicle being hit by a roadside mine in eastern Nangarhar province, killing four Taliban members and wounding a fifth.
A fourth blast was caused by a mine planted in the Niaz Beyk area of Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, and wounded two children.
Thursday's bloodshed comes days after two bomb blasts at Abdul Rahim Shahid high school in a mainly Shia area of the Afghan capital, Kabul. At least six people were killed and more than 20 wounded, officials said.
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