Anti-Pakistan Taliban leader Idrees Khan was among five people killed in the blast caused by an improvised explosive device in the northwestern city of Swat.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said significant resources were deployed and a crisis centre was activated at the blast site.
At least 33 people have been killed and 43 others wounded in the blast in a Sunni mosque in the city.
At least 10 people were killed and 40 others wounded in a blast inside a Shia mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif, while two other explosions targeted Kunduz and Kabul.
Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu appears to be the sole target in the attack, claimed by al Shabab group, near his residence in the capital Mogadishu.
At least four people were killed and 15 others wounded in the explosion outside the Science College in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province.
At least three people were killed after the explosion, which was likely caused by a gas leak, said authorities, who have opened an investigation.
On the one year anniversary of the event in August this year, Hezbollah’s leader called the investigation ‘politicised’.
Foreign diplomats had warned earlier in the day that there was a threat of attack at Kabul airport, where thousands of people are waiting to be airlifted.
Lebanon’s political elite has been accused of corruption and mismanagement that led to August 4, 2020 explosion in which more than 214 people died.
Shady Rizk survived the port explosion that killed more than 200 people, leaving him with 350 stitches all over his body and face. He now plans to move to Canada but the impact of his ordeal lives on.
Officials say friction or heat may have led to the blast on a container ship carrying flammable materials at Jebel Ali port – one of the world's busiest.
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