Suicide blast rocks funeral in E. Afghan province, causing casualties: Official

NANGARHAR, Afghanistan - Several people were either killed or injured after a suicide bomb explosion hit a funeral in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar province on Tuesday, a local official confirmed.

"A funeral was underway for a former Afghan local police official in Kuz Kunar district Tuesday morning. A suspected suicide bomb blast went off roughly at 11:00 a.m. (local time) when people were gathering to attend the ceremony," a security source told Xinhua anonymously.

The number of the victims is still being counted, the source said.

The injured were sent to hospitals in Kuz Kunar and provincial capital Jalalabad city.

Further details about the incident are still forthcoming amid the absence of any official statement.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks so far.