Suicide Bomb Attack at Afghan Volleyball Match Leaves Dozens Dead

E+/Getty Images(PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan) — Dozens of people attending a volleyball match in eastern Afghanistan were killed Sunday when a suicide bomber set off explosives among the spectators.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in the Yahya Khel district of Paktika Province near the border with Pakistan. It came on the same day that Afghan lawmakers approved a bilateral security agreement to allow U.S. troops to remain in the country after the end of the year.

A spokesman for the Paktika province said at least 60 people were wounded in the bombing while one deputy governor put the death toll at 50.

The dead included eight members of the Afghan Local Police, a pro-government paramilitary outfit.

Paktika Province has been the scene of several suicide bombings this year as many militants receive their training across the border in Pakistan.

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