A suicide blast at an army recruitment centre on Monday killed 36 people and wounded another 42 in northern Afghanistan

A suicide blast at an army recruitment centre on Monday killed 36 people and wounded another 42 in northern Afghanistan, in the latest attack on local security forces.
  
Afghan forces are due to take increasing responsibility for stability in their war-torn country between now and 2014, when international combat troops are set to withdraw. It was the second major incident in four days to hit Kunduz city, which has witnessed increased violence in recent months. On Thursday, the province police chief was killed by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle.
  
"There was a suicide attack at the army recruitment centre in Kunduz city," Mehboubullah Sayedi, a spokesman for the governor of Kunduz province, said of the latest attack. "The preliminary information we have suggests that 33 people were killed and another 42 were wounded." He added: "Most of those killed were volunteers who wanted to join the army."
  
Kargar Noorughli, a public health ministry spokesman, later said the toll had risen to 36.
  
Provincial police chief of Kunduz, Abdul Rahman Sayedkhili, was killed by a suicide bomber along with four other people in an attack claimed by the Taliban.