Men receive treatment at a military hospital in Kabul, after being wounded during a suicide attack at a volleyball match on Sunday in the Yahya Khail district of Paktika province, November 24, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammad Ishaq
KABUL (Reuters) - The suicide bomber, his explosives concealed under his clothes, walked quietly into a packed volleyball venue in eastern Afghanistan. His target: a local police commander. Minutes later, a devastating explosion tore through the place.
At least 50 people were killed instantly on Sunday evening when the blast went off at the height of a popular volleyball game in a remote area in Afghanistan's Paktika province.
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