Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 17 at Funeral in Afghanistan<br />He added, "We are here to see this through." The bombing came days after the Islamic State claimed responsibility for a bombing at a Shiite cultural center in Kabul on Thursday<br />that left at least 41 people dead and dozens more wounded.<br />Supported by By Zabihullah Ghazi and Fahim Abed KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber walked into a cemetery in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday<br />and blew himself up during the funeral of a local official, killing at least 17 people and wounding 14 others, an official said.<br />Elsewhere in Afghanistan this weekend, a sticky bomb exploded in a crowded neighborhood in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif<br />late Saturday, wounding 12 people, Gen. Abdul Raziq Qaderi, the deputy provincial police chief, told Reuters.<br />The attacker set off an explosive vest among mourners gathered for the funeral of Gul Wali, the former district<br />chief of Haskah Menah, according to Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar Province.<br />Kabul said that We’ve been on a long road together, but President Trump made it clear earlier this year that we are with you,<br />In an unannounced visit to the country in December, Vice President Mike Pence reaffirmed the Trump administration’s<br />support for the country’s beleaguered government as it struggled to fight the Taliban and tried to bring stability.
