Nine killed in Afghanistan attack

  • 28/09/2015
At least nine civilians have been killed in an attack in Afghanistan (Reuters)
At least nine civilians have been killed in an attack in Afghanistan (Reuters)

At least nine civilians have been killed and 33 wounded in an attack at a volleyball match in Afghanistan's south-eastern Paktika province, the government says.

"Initial information shows nine people, all of them civilians, have been killed," said interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi after Sunday's attack.

The police chief of Paktika province, Zrawar Zahid, put the death toll at 10, with 33 injuring including children.

AFP