Seven people were killed Saturday in a suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan, including the police commander for the north, General Mohammad Daud Daud, another senior police official and three German soldiers, according to official sources.

The attack was committed in the complex where is the governor's office, following a working meeting attended by many Afghan officials and NATO forces commander for the North, who survived.NATO forces commander for Northern Region, German General Markus Kneip, was "in the building" when the attack and "survived, "said a spokesman for NATO Force (ISAF), refusing to say whether he was injured.
A suicide bomber detonated the explosive charge has a hallway of the building when they exited the meeting participants on safety, administrative services officer said governorate Qutbudin Kamal, a witness to the explosion.
Taliban insurgents, fighting against the Afghan government and international forces that support it since they were removed from power in late 2001 by an international coalition, claimed the attack.
source:mediafax.ro