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Sat, Dec 24 2011 Suicide bomb kills at least 20 in northern Afghanistan Tweet Share this Email Print Related News New U.N. draft resolution on Syria: bombs hit capital Fri, Dec 23 2011 Shi'ites targeted as Baghdad blasts kill 72 Thu, Dec 22 2011 Bomb kills 5 Polish troops in Afghanistan Wed, Dec 21 2011 Exclusive: Secret U.S., Taliban talks reach turning point Mon, Dec 19 2011 Kabul police station attack ends, no casualties Fri, Dec 16 2011 Analysis & Opinion Are you ready for your embed? Muniland Snaps – December 20, 2011 Related Topics World » Afghanistan » United Nations » By Mohammad Hamed TALOQAN, Afghanistan | Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:26am EST TALOQAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people, including a member of parliament, and wounded 50 in Afghanistan's northern city of Taloqan on Sunday, police said, the latest in a series of attacks in a once-peaceful region. The attack occurred while prayers were being read at the funeral of an influential tribal leader. All victims were civilians. "People were gathering for a funeral when a suicide bomber detonated himself," Mahmod al-Hussain, a senior police detective for the northern Takhar province, told Reuters. The once-peaceful northern Takhar province has seen a series of high profile attacks and assassinations over the last year, including the killing of a top police commander in May. Al-Hussain said a member of parliament, Mutalib Bik, was among the dead and is seen to be the primary target as the attacker came close to him before setting off the bomb. Bik was a former anti-Taliban commander and a former provincial police chief. Takhar does not have any major permanent base for foreign troops. German troops supervise the area from a base in neighboring Kunduz province. The attack may further complicate NATO efforts to prepare for the start of a security handover from foreign forces to Afghan soldiers and police in some parts of north Afghanistan. "This reprehensible attack on a funeral further illustrates that the Taliban and other insurgents are waging a murderous campaign against innocent Afghan civilians, including women and children," the U.S. embassy said in a statement. Witnesses said the attacker was around 30 years old and dressed in traditional clothing for the region. President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the attack. "This attack once again shows the malicious and un-Islamic intentions of the terrorists, who don't even want Muslims in Afghanistan to hold religious ceremonies in a peaceful environment," he said in a statement. Officials gave conflicting figures for the casualties. While local police said the death toll was at least 20, Karzai's office put the number at 10. The interior ministry said 19 were killed and 40 wounded. Hundreds of men and women were standing outside the hospital in Taloqan, waiting to hear about their family members as people were being brought in on stretchers into the facility. "Everybody was running when I heard my brother yelling for help," said Hubaidullah, a witness, recalling the explosion. The hardline Islamist Taliban so far declined to comment on the attack. Despite the presence of tens of thousands of Western forces in Afghanistan, the United Nations and other groups say violence is at its worst since U.S.-led Afghan forces toppled the Taliban from power in late 2001. (Additional reporting by Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi in KABUL; Writing by Agnieszka Flak; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani and Yoko Nishikawa) World Afghanistan United Nations Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. 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