Suicide attack at Afghan funeral kills nine: police

NATO troops had ended their 13-year war this month

Update: 2014-12-01 14:17 GMT
Afghanistan's security forces guard at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. Officials say that a suicide bomber has killed a few army officers and wounded several people in Kabul, a day after two such attacks

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

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