At least 30 people were killed and dozens wounded in a suicide attack recorded in an administrative center of the Afghan government in the province of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, officials said. The incident occurred around noon local time (07:30 GMT), when a suicide bomber detonated the charge he was carrying in front of a census office in Imam Sahib district, said district chief, Muhammad Ayub Haqyar.
"At least 26 civilians were killed and 37 others wounded when a suicide bomber attacked the offices of statistical, administrative center," said Haqyar. "The goal of the aggressor was me," he added. Later, Afghan presidential spokesman, Wahid Omar, raised to 30 the death toll from the attack, which took place when dozens of people were queuing up outside the center in order to obtain their identity documents.
This was the second suicide attack in recent three days in Afghanistan on Saturday, 38 people were killed in an assault and a double suicide attack command against a bank in the eastern city of Jalalabad. Objectives even if their security forces and Afghan officials and foreign and Afghan State institutions, the majority of victims of the attacks of the insurgency are civilians.
Omar said at a news conference in Kabul, the Taliban "think they show their power and strength by killing innocent people." "The reason for increased attacks in recent days is that the enemies try to prove that they are stronger before the transition takes place in 2014," he said, referring to the year that Afghan forces are committed to take control of security throughout the country, now in the hands of foreign troops.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), NATO's mission in Afghanistan, joined in condemning the attack and criticized the actions of the insurgents are against the "highly touted" guidelines of the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, to avoid causing civilian casualties. "In the last seven days, insurgents have been responsible for more than 200 civilian casualties," said public relations director of the ISAF, Vick Beck, said in a statement.
Despite being located in the relatively calm northern Afghanistan, there are several pockets in Kunduz Pashtun population, which traditionally come from the Taliban and the insecurity has increased over the past two years. The previous attack some entity in the province took place on 10 February, when seven people were killed in a suicide attack on government offices in Chahar Dara district, the governor of the district among the victims. 
"At least 26 civilians were killed and 37 others wounded when a suicide bomber attacked the offices of statistical, administrative center," said Haqyar. "The goal of the aggressor was me," he added. Later, Afghan presidential spokesman, Wahid Omar, raised to 30 the death toll from the attack, which took place when dozens of people were queuing up outside the center in order to obtain their identity documents.
This was the second suicide attack in recent three days in Afghanistan on Saturday, 38 people were killed in an assault and a double suicide attack command against a bank in the eastern city of Jalalabad. Objectives even if their security forces and Afghan officials and foreign and Afghan State institutions, the majority of victims of the attacks of the insurgency are civilians.
Omar said at a news conference in Kabul, the Taliban "think they show their power and strength by killing innocent people." "The reason for increased attacks in recent days is that the enemies try to prove that they are stronger before the transition takes place in 2014," he said, referring to the year that Afghan forces are committed to take control of security throughout the country, now in the hands of foreign troops.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), NATO's mission in Afghanistan, joined in condemning the attack and criticized the actions of the insurgents are against the "highly touted" guidelines of the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, to avoid causing civilian casualties. "In the last seven days, insurgents have been responsible for more than 200 civilian casualties," said public relations director of the ISAF, Vick Beck, said in a statement.
Despite being located in the relatively calm northern Afghanistan, there are several pockets in Kunduz Pashtun population, which traditionally come from the Taliban and the insecurity has increased over the past two years. The previous attack some entity in the province took place on 10 February, when seven people were killed in a suicide attack on government offices in Chahar Dara district, the governor of the district among the victims.
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