An explosion at a mosque in Afghanistan has left at least 29 people dead and 63 injured, officials said.
Hospital authorities said the blast occurred in a Shi'ite mosque in Herat on Tuesday, near the border with Iran, when a suicide bomber blew himself up.
"The death toll has risen to 29 killed and 63 wounded. Some wounded are in a critical condition so the toll may go up," hospital spokesman Rafeeq Shirzai said.
Police confirmed the attack took place at Jawadya mosque, adding that they believed "two terrorists" were involved.
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"At around 8:00pm (1930 GST) tonight, a terrorist attack was carried out on a (Shiite) mosque in the third security district of Herat city," Herat police spokesman Abdul Ahad Walizada said.
"Based on our initial information two terrorists were involved one of them wearing a suicide vest, who detonated himself while the second one was armed with a rifle. They are both dead," he added.
No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion yet, which comes a day after the Iraqi embassy in Kabul was targeted by ISIL.
Shi'ites are a minority in Afghanistan and have been the target of violent attacks by hardline Sunni militants over the past year.