Bomb kills Afghan governor inside mosque

The governor of Afghanistan’s eastern Logar province has been killed in a blast in a mosque, during prayers for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.
Arsala Jamal was greeting worshippers in the mosque when a bomb apparently hidden in a microphone went off.
At least 18 other people were injured and several were in a critical condition, Mr Jamal’s spokesman said.
Logar is south of the capital, Kabul, and the Taliban increasingly control much of the countryside there.
The attack took place at Logar’s main mosque in the provincial capital of Pul-i-Alam, said spokesman Din Mohammed Darwesh. Mr Jamal was killed instantly.
“The governor wanted to speak and congratulate everyone on the occasion of Eid. At least 18 other people have been wounded, including civilians and government employees,” the spokesman told AFP news agency.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
However, Logar and its neighbouring province Wardak have become increasingly lawless in recent years, says the BBC’s David Loyn in Kabul.