Suicide bomb attack kills 15 in Afghanistan

KABUL - Fifteen people were killed and 15 wounded in a suicide bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan, police said Monday.

The attack in the eastern province of Nangarhar occurred when provincial authorities were distributing land titles to poor people in the Dashte Jimtala area, General Ayoub Salangi, the provincial police chief, said.

“The attack killed 15 people and around 15 others were injured,” he told DPA.

Haji Zaman, a tribal elder and former insurgent commander who fought Soviet troops in 1980s, was among those killed, he said.

The wounded included the chief of the refugee department in the province, he added.

It was not known who was the prime target of the attack. Taliban spokesmen were not immediately available for comment.