Suicide Bomber Kills 40 at Afghan Volleyball Match

Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has killed at least 40 people in an attack during a volleyball tournament in the country's east. The match in the Paktika province district of Yahya Khel had drawn a large crowd.  Dozens more people were wounded in the attack. Paktika, bordering Pakistan, is one of Afghanistan's most volatile regions in the Taliban-led insurgency against the central government. The attack came hours after Afghanistan's lower house of parliament...

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