‘Blood and pieces’: Kunduz residents describe blast aftermath

Explosion at a mosque in Kunduz on Friday killed at least 72 people and left more than 140 injured.

Samir Azizi was inside his house in the city of Kunduz while waiting for the Friday prayer to begin when he heard an explosion.

The sound came from a nearby mosque. As he arrived there, where hundreds of Shia Muslims had gathered for the weekly prayers, he was shocked by the carnage before him.

“It was dozens of people. Old men, young boys, all lying in pools of blood. You could hear people calling out for help,” the 25-year-old told Al Jazeera.