Children among at least 72 killed in Kabul mosque attacks

Suicide bombers have attacked two mosques in Afghanistan, killing at least 72 people including children, and leaving another 70 injured.

The blasts happened at mosques in Kabul and the western province of Ghor on Friday.

"It was a gruesome scene, bodies lying everywhere and blood on the walls," said first responder Rahmatullah Alizada.

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Kabul attack in a statement, but its claim is not substantiated.

The tribal elders have been preparing for at least 50 bodies to be buried tomorrow.

Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said the bomber detonated his explosive device inside Imam Zaman, a Shi'ite mosque in Dasht-e-Barchi, a western part of Kabul.

In the meantime, a suicide bomber targeted another mosque in Ghor.

Ghor police spokesman Mohammad Iqbal Nizami said the number of dead from that suicide bombing has now risen to 33.

Muwen Ahmad, a provincial council member from Ghor, confirmed the suicide bombing, saying others are still buried in rubble.

The target was militia commander Fazl Ahad, who was praying inside the mosque, Mr Ahmad said.

Afghanistan's Shi'ite minority is increasingly the target of attacks by the country's branch of the Islamic State group.

The extremist group regards Shi'ites as heretics.

The Kabul attack is the third on a Shi'ite mosque in the capital city within two months. Most have been claimed by the country's Islamic State branch.