Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 17 at Funeral in Afghanistan
He added, "We are here to see this through." The bombing came days after the Islamic State claimed responsibility for a bombing at a Shiite cultural center in Kabul on Thursday
that left at least 41 people dead and dozens more wounded.
Supported by By Zabihullah Ghazi and Fahim Abed KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber walked into a cemetery in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday
and blew himself up during the funeral of a local official, killing at least 17 people and wounding 14 others, an official said.
Elsewhere in Afghanistan this weekend, a sticky bomb exploded in a crowded neighborhood in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif
late Saturday, wounding 12 people, Gen. Abdul Raziq Qaderi, the deputy provincial police chief, told Reuters.
The attacker set off an explosive vest among mourners gathered for the funeral of Gul Wali, the former district
chief of Haskah Menah, according to Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar Province.
Kabul said that We’ve been on a long road together, but President Trump made it clear earlier this year that we are with you,
In an unannounced visit to the country in December, Vice President Mike Pence reaffirmed the Trump administration’s
support for the country’s beleaguered government as it struggled to fight the Taliban and tried to bring stability.
