Suicide last targeting a government office killed at least 31 people and injured 32 others.

Suicide last targeting a government office killed at least 31 people and injured 32 others, officials said on Monday.

The attack took place as people were queuing outside a district office in the Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province to collect new identity cards and other paperwork.

District governor Mohammad Ayob Haqyar said the bomb struck people waiting outside the district office headquarters to apply for and collect official documents.


"A suicide attacker detonated his explosives in the waiting area."
"The number of people killed in the suicide blast rose to 31," he said after putting the death toll earlier at 28.
"Some of the critically wounded also died in hospital. Thirty-nine people are wounded."

Interior Ministry spokesman Zemerai Bashary confirmed the attack and called the incident a "disaster."
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.