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Afghanistan mosque suicide bomb attack kills at least 20 Afghanistan mosque suicide bomb attack kills at least 37
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At least 20 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in northern Afghanistan, officials say. At least 37 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack at a mosque in northern Afghanistan, officials say.
The blast occurred at the front of the mosque in Maymana city in Faryab province, with at least 20 people wounded. More than 40 people were wounded in the attack at the front of the mosque in Maymana, capital of Faryab province.
Worshippers had gathered at the mosque for prayers to mark the Eid al-Adha holidays. The provincial governor and police chief were said to be among those attending the prayers to mark the Eid al-Adha holidays, but they reportedly escaped without serious injury.
The provincial governor's spokesman Ahmad Jawed Baider told AFP that police were among the victims. Civilians and police officers were among the dead, officials said.
The attacker was wearing police uniform when he blew himself up, reports said. Eye witnesses and officials said the suicide attacker approached the mosque and detonated his suicide vest after the Eid prayers had finished.
The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says it is not clear now the attacker managed to get past at least four security checkpoints to target the mosque.
Deputy provincial governor Abdul Satar Barez told the AFP news agency that the attacker himself was wearing a police uniform.
Attacks in northern Afghanistan are far less common than in the south and east, and Faryab province has been considered to be relatively peaceful.
However at least 10 people were killed in an incident in April 2012 when a suicide bomber on a motorbike targeted a meeting of officials near the main vegetable market in Maymana.