Suicide attack kills 25 in eastern Afghanistan
(CNN) -- A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan killed 25 people and wounded 35 others Tuesday, the police chief in Nangarhar province said.
Chief Abdullah Stanikzai said the attack happened during the funeral of a local elder in the Dor Baba district, near the border with Pakistan.
Among the injured was the district chief of Dor Baba, he added.
While it is not yet clear who was behind the attack, it is the latest of many to strike Afghan civilians.
A recent United Nations report found that while violence against the Afghan population fell in the first half of the year, it is still taking a "devastating toll on civilians."
About 80% of the attacks against civilians are by anti-government forces such as the Taliban, the report said.
Nangarhar, which has Jalalabad as its capital and borders Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has seen several recent International Security Assistance Force operations targeting militants.
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