At least one Afghan security forces member was killed and eight others were wounded in a suicide bombing in the Dehdadi district of Balkh on Saturday morning.
Provincial police spokesperson Adil Shah Adil said the target of the attack was a National Directorate of Security (NDS) commander, Mohammad Hashim Khan Ahmadzai.
Ahmadzai was injured in the blast that targeted his convoy at 10:30 a.m. in the Golaee Khasa village.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.