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Friday, November 22, 2024  
19 Jumada Al-Awwal 1446  

Suicide bombing kills 20 in Afghanistan

At least 20 people including an Afghan MP were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a funeral procession in northeast Afghanistan, a provincial governor said.

"In a funeral ceremony this afternoon a suicide attacker targeted the gathering killing 20 people including Abdul Mutalib, a member of parliament from Takhar, and wounding 35 others," said Abdul Jabar Taqwa, the governor of Takhar.