Kabul: At least 15 people were killed and 56 others injured after a suicide blast hit a funeral in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday.
"The funeral was underway for a former Afghan local police official in Kuz Kunar district when the blast went off at 11," the told Xinhua news agency.
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No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
Those among the killed was Abdullah Malakzai, a member of the provincial council.
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Among the injured, many of them in critical condition were sent to hospitals in Kuz Kunar and the provincial capital of Jalalabad.
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