Kabul - A suicide attack near a mosque in western Afghanistan killed at least 16 people, including two police commanders, and wounded more than 25 mostly civilians on Thursday evening, police said.

The attack took place in Zarang city, the capital of Nimruz province, as civilians and police were attending evening prayers, Gholum Dastagir Azaad, the provincial police chief, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

"So far our information says that more than 16 people, including the police chief of Khashroad district and the border police chief of the province, were killed," Azaad said, adding that more than 25 people, most of them civilians, were wounded. (dpa)