AFGHANISTAN A suicide attacker blew himself up in an army recruiting center in the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz, killing at least 33 and injuring 40 others — the latest attack by insurgents in a new wave of violence.

The attacker was wearing an army uniform when he set off the explosives at about 2 p.m., according to local officials who saw the attack as an effort to slow the transfer of authority from the U.S. to the government of President Hamid Karzai.