The officials added that the incident took place in Alamar district in a busy market around 11:45 am local time.
According to reports, the suicide attacker targeted the security forces leaving 52 dead and injured.
Meanwhile, Dr. Halim, chief of the Public Hospital in Faryab said to ‘Middleeastpress’ that they have received 19 dead bodies and nearly 33 injured that some of the injured are in critical conditions.
Dr. Halim added that an eight years old child is also among the victims.
No group including the Taliban insurgents has claimed responsibility behind the attack so far.