25 dead in attack on funeral in Afghanistan

In Afghan suicide bomber has killed at a funeral service for a tribal leader in the east of the country at least 25 people.About 35 mourners were in a bomb attack in Nangarhar province injured on Tuesday, said the spokesman for the provincial government, Ahmad Zia Abdulsai. The Interior Ministry in Kabul said, deviating from 20 dead and 50 injured. According to police, the victim had come together in the border district of Dur Baba, to bury an influential tribal leader. The bomber had detonated explosives vest were among the crowd. Main target of the attack was the district governor was, said a police spokesman. The politician had been violated. One of his sons was among the dead. The authorities made ​​the Taliban responsible for the deed. The rebels did not comment at first. The district Dur Baba borders the Pakistani tribal area of Khyber. The impassable mountain region on both sides of the border is considered a stronghold of radical Islamic extremists. According to a report by the United Nations, the number of civilian victims of the conflict in Afghanistan has risen this year. In the first six months were at least 1145 civilians were killed and almost 2,000 injured. For 80 percent of deaths make the UN insurgents responsible.