KANDAHAR, Sept 11: A suicide bomber blew himself up at the funeral of an assassinated Afghan politician on Monday, killing six people, as Nato said the Taliban death toll in a key offensive had passed 500.
Several cabinet ministers escaped harm but dozens of other people were wounded in the explosion at the ceremony for Hakim Taniwal, the governor of Paktia province who died in a Taliban suicide blast the previous day.
The latest explosion coincided with the fifth anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks on the United States.—AFP
