Suicide bomber ‘kills 40′ at Afghan volleyball match.

A suicide bomber has killed at least 40 people at
a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan,
officials say.
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.
About 50 people were also wounded in the
bombing in Yahyakhail district.
The Taliban have stepped up attacks ahead of
the planned withdrawal of most foreign combat
troops from Afghanistan at the end of the year.
Sunday’s attack came after the lower house
approved a security agreement allowing US and
Nato troops to remain.
The agreements still need to be ratified by the
Afghan upper house.