Four policemen were killed on Friday as a suicide bomber targeted prayers for a prominent assassinated Afghan police chief in the city of Kunduz.

Four policemen were killed on Friday as a suicide bomber targeted prayers for a prominent assassinated Afghan police chief in the city of Kunduz.

The target of the attack, which also wounded eighteen people, was a top officer who escaped unharmed.

Provincial government spokesman Mahboobullah Saeedi said the suicide bomber tried to enter a mosque where memorial prayers were taking place for General Mohammed Daoud Daoud, but policemen prevented him from getting inside.
"The target was the provincial police chief, but he is not hurt," the spokesman added.

The provincial health chief, Doctor Zafar Noori, said the bodies of four policemen had been brought to the main hospital, while four civilians and 14 policemen had been wounded in the attack.
Saeedi had given an initial death toll of three with three wounded.