[Al Jazeera] At least 18 people have been killed in a bombing at a funeral ceremony in eastern Afghanistan, according to local media.The blast on Sunday took place as people gathered to pay respects to a former district chief in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province, Pajhwok Afghan News reported, quoting provincial Governor Attaullah Khogyani.
The kaboom left at least 13 people maimed.
Photos from the scene showed a burnt-out rickshaw and a destroyed cycle of violence.