Prominent cleric among 21 killed in Kabul mosque bombing

Taliban fighters and local residents gather around a mosque that has been bombed in Kabul, Afghanistan (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul during evening prayers has killed at least 21 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 33 others, witnesses and police said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack on Wednesday night, the latest to strike the country in the year since the Taliban seized power.