TANI, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber struck Monday at a funeral for a provincial governor assassinated by the Taliban a day earlier, and four senior members of the government at the service escaped unhurt, officials and witnesses said. Five people were killed and at least 30 wounded.
The blast went off near a tent where more than 1,000 people had congregated in Tani district of Khost province in eastern Afghanistan at the funeral for Gov. Abdul Hakim Taniwal. He was killed Sunday along with two other people in a suicide attack outside his office in Gardez, the capital of neighboring Paktia province.
Taniwal was the most senior official killed in a series of attacks by supporters of the Islamic regime, which was ousted by U.S.-led forces for harboring Osama bin Laden in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Mohammed Ayub, the provincial police chief, said at least five police were killed Monday. The attacker also died.
Between 30 and 40 other people were wounded and taken brought to the hospital in the Khost provincial capital, about 30 miles to the north of Tani, Dr. Alam Gul said.
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