A 13-year-old suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding early Friday in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, killing five people and injuring 11 others, police officials said.
The Taliban, who have pledged to try to reduce civilian casualties, denied responsibility for the blast in Nangarhar province.
The area close to the Pakistan border is teeming with other insurgent organisations including the ISIS group, who have carried out previous attacks.
“This morning at 8:00 am (0330 GMT), a suicide bomber detonated himself at a wedding ceremony”, Attaullah Khogyani, the Nangarhar governor’s spokesman, told AFP. “As a result, five killed, more than 40 wounded.”
Zahir Adil, the Nangarhar regional hospital spokesman, told that two bodies and 11 wounded victims had been taken to the hospital in central Nangarhar city.
