A suicide bomber has killed at least 45 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the governor of Paktika province told the BBC that the attacker had detonated the bomb amid a crowd of people gathering for a game.<\/p>\n
About 60 people were also wounded in the bombing in Yahyakhail district.<\/p>\n
It came after Afghan MPs approved security deals allowing Nato and US soldiers to remain after the withdrawal of most foreign troops next month.<\/p>\n
The total number of soldiers in the new Nato force will be about 12,000. Their mission has been defined as training, advising and assisting the Afghan security forces.<\/p>\n
There will also be a separate US-led force dealing with the remnants of al-Qaeda.<\/p>\n
It emerged on Saturday, however, that President Barack Obama has approved guidelines to allow US troops to fight the Taliban and provide air support for Afghan missions.<\/p>\n
The agreements with Nato and the US still need to be ratified by the Afghan upper house.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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