Suicide attack kills at least 12

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A suicide attack in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province killed a district governor, one of his bodyguards and 10 civilians at a memorial service at a mosque on Friday (August 30), government officials said.

The group was attending a ceremony for a tribal elder who had died the day before, officials said. The district governor, Sheikh Sadruddin, had been in his position since 2002 and been active in the fight against the Taliban.

Twenty people were also wounded in the morning blast, police said, some of whom were taken to a hospital in nearby province of Takhar for treatment.

Government officials and aid groups working with government ministries and Afghan security forces have been targeted in reprisal killings this week in provinces previously regarded as relatively stable.