DHAKA: A suicide attack in Afghanistan`s northern province of Kunduz killed a district governor, along with two of his bodyguards and two civilians at a mosque on Friday, government officials say.

The group, which included the governor of the Archi district, were attending a funeral of a tribal elder who had died the day before, the officals said.

"Officials... were attending a prayer in a mosque when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives," said Enayatullah Khaliq, a spokesman for the provincial governor.

Source: Al Jazeera
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