Terrorist attacks funeral, 15 dead


(MENAFN) At a funeral of local official in Afghanistan on Sunday, a suicide bomber attacked it causing the deaths of at least 15 people, officials said.

The bomber planted his explosive vest in the crowd who is gathered in Jalalabad, the provincial capital, as Noor Ahmad Habibi, deputy spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province clarified adding that 14 more people were wounded.

Up to date, no one claimed to be responsible for the attack; neither Taliban nor ISIS who are both active in Nangarhar.

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