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At least 15 people have been killed in a suicide attack on a funeral procession in the northern Afghan province of Takhar, officials say. At least 20 people have been killed in a suicide attack on a funeral procession in the northern Afghan province of Takhar, officials say.
Police said dozens more were injured in the attack in the provincial capital, Taloqan. Police said 30 were hurt in the attack in the provincial capital, Taloqan.
Officials have not speculated on motives for the attack, but one report said a local MP was among the dead. Among those killed was local MP Mutalib Beg, a former commander in the Western-backed Northern Alliance - the faction that fought against the Taliban.
Takhar is one of the provinces where Nato is handing over security duties to Afghan forces.Takhar is one of the provinces where Nato is handing over security duties to Afghan forces.
The province has seen several attacks in the past year, including the assassination of three senior government officials. The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says this is the third time a former Northern Alliance commander has been killed in the province.
He says Matalib Beg, an ethnic Uzbek, was an influential commander and a former police chief of Kunduz province.
There are reports that other senior officials were also at the funeral.
Although suicide attacks in the area are rare, our correspondent says an al-Qaeda affiliated group called the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan operates in the province.
No group has said it carried out the attack, but the Taliban and the IMU are likely to be among the main suspects.
Takhar governor Abdul Jabar Taqwa said he had been invited but had decided not to attend.