Taliban hit by bomber

A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 21 people and wounding another 41.

Most of them are believed to be Taliban fighters who had gathered to celebrate a threeday ceasefire marking the Islamic holiday of Eid ul-Fitr, a police official said.

Nangarhar provincial Police Chief Ghulam Sanayee Stanikzai said the explosion came as previously unthinkable scenes of unarmed Taliban fighters celebrating Eid, often right alongside Afghan security forces, played out in cities throughout the country.