A suicide bomber killed 16 mourners and wounded another 39 at a funeral in Afghanistan for the victims of an earlier Taliban attack, AP reported.

A suicide bomber killed 16 mourners and wounded another 39 at a funeral in Afghanistan for the victims of an earlier Taliban attack, AP reported.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing in Mihtarlam in eastern Laghman province.

The bomber mingled with those gathered for the funeral for a police commander and three other people killed earlier in the day in a roadside bombing, then blew himself up.