Suicide blast at funeral of Afghan police commander in Nangarhar ‘kills, wounds dozens’ – reports
Some 40 people are believed “to have been killed or wounded” in a suicide blast on Tuesday at the funeral of a police commander in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, according to Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the local government. The attacker detonated his explosives in the middle of the ceremony, Khogyani said.
At least 10 people were killed in the attack, TASS said, citing a report by Afghanistan’s Ariana News TV channel.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. Nangarhar, a province near the Pakistan border, has long been a stronghold for both Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and Taliban militants and has witnessed some of the hardest fighting in recent years.
Suicide blast at funeral of Afghan police commander in Nangarhar ‘kills, wounds dozens’ – reports