Suicide attack at Afghan funeral kills nine: police

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KUNDUZ: A suicide attack at a funeral in northern Afghanistan on Monday killed at least nine people, officials said, underlining nationwide insecurity as NATO troops end their 13-year war this month.


'A suicide bomber on foot detonated his explosives among people who were attending a funeral ceremony in Burka district this morning,' Aminullah Amarkhil, police chief of Baghlan province, told.


'Initial reports show nine people, including two police, were killed and around 18 wounded.'



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