PHOTOS: Deadly Afghan suicide bombing investigation begins
July 16, 2014
Afghan security personnel keep watch at the scene of the July 15 suicide attack in Urgun district, Paktika province on July 16, 2014. Afghan officials on July 16 began investigating a devastating suicide bombing at a busy market that killed at least 42 people, one of the deadliest attacks in the wartorn country in recent years. A bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into the market in Urgun district of southeastern Paktika province as it thronged with shoppers on Tuesday morning. SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ( 531677182 )
Afghanistan's security forces stand guard at the site of a suicide attack in the Urgun town of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The suicide bomber near a busy market and a mosque blew up a car packed with explosives in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing dozens in the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ( Afghanistan )
An Afghanistan security forces member patrols the site of a suicide attack in the Urgun town of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The suicide bomber near a busy market and a mosque blew up a car packed with explosives in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing dozens in the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ( Afghanistan )
Afghanistan's security forces member stands guard at the site of a suicide attack in the Urgun town of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The suicide bomber near a busy market and a mosque blew up a car packed with explosives in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing dozens in the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ( Afghanistan )
Afghan villagers look on at the scene of the July 15 suicide attack in Urgun district, Paktika province on July 16, 2014. Afghan officials on July 16 began investigating a devastating suicide bombing at a busy market that killed at least 42 people, one of the deadliest attacks in the wartorn country in recent years. A bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into the market in Urgun district of southeastern Paktika province as it thronged with shoppers on Tuesday morning. SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ( 531677450 )
An Afghan soldier looks on at the scene of the July 15 suicide attack in Urgun district, Paktika province on July 16, 2014. Afghan officials on July 16 began investigating a devastating suicide bombing at a busy market that killed at least 42 people, one of the deadliest attacks in the wartorn country in recent years. A bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into the market in Urgun district of southeastern Paktika province as it thronged with shoppers on Tuesday morning. SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ( 531677463 )
An afghan shopkeeper sweeps broken glass and debris at the scene of the July 15 suicide attack in Urgun district, Paktika province on July 16, 2014. Afghan officials on July 16 began investigating a devastating suicide bombing at a busy market that killed at least 42 people, one of the deadliest attacks in the wartorn country in recent years. A bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into the market in Urgun district of southeastern Paktika province as it thronged with shoppers on Tuesday morning. SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ( 531677457 )
Afghan men shout slogans against Taliban and Pakistan at the site of a suicide attack in the Urgun town of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The suicide bomber near a busy market and a mosque happened on Tuesday and killed dozens in the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ( Afghanistan )
An aerial view of the destroyed market following the July 15 suicide attack is pictured in Urgun district, Paktika province on July 16, 2014. Afghan officials on July 16 began investigating a devastating suicide bombing at a busy market that killed at least 42 people, one of the deadliest attacks in the wartorn country in recent years. A bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into the market in Urgun district of southeastern Paktika province as it thronged with shoppers on Tuesday morning. SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ( 531677101 )
Afghan shopkeepers stand near their destroyed shops at the site of a suicide attack in the Urgun town of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The suicide bomber near a busy market and a mosque blew up a car packed with explosives in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing dozens in the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ( Afghanistan )
Afghanistan's security forces patrol the site of a suicide attack in the Urgun town of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The suicide bomber near a busy market and a mosque blew up a car packed with explosives in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing dozens in the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ( Afghanistan )
An Afghanistan's security forces member patrols at the site of a suicide attack in the Urgun town of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The suicide bomber near a busy market and a mosque happened on Tuesday and killed dozens in the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ( Afghanistan )
An Afghan policeman stands guard at the scene of the July 15 suicide attack in Urgun district, Paktika province on July 16, 2014. Afghan officials on July 16 began investigating a devastating suicide bombing at a busy market that killed at least 42 people, one of the deadliest attacks in the wartorn country in recent years. A bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into the market in Urgun district of southeastern Paktika province as it thronged with shoppers on Tuesday morning. SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ( 531676966 )
Afghanistan's security forces patrol the site of a suicide attack in the Urgun town of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The suicide bomber near a busy market and a mosque happened on Tuesday and killed dozens in the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ( Afghanistan )
Afghans shout slogans as they condemn the July 15 suicide attack in Urgun district, Paktika province on July 16, 2014. Afghan officials on July 16 began investigating a devastating suicide bombing at a busy market that killed at least 42 people, one of the deadliest attacks in the wartorn country in recent years. A bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into the market in Urgun district of southeastern Paktika province as it thronged with shoppers on Tuesday morning. SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ( 531677519 )
An Afghan policeman looks on at the scene of the July 15 suicide attack in Urgun district, Paktika province on July 16, 2014. Afghan officials on July 16 began investigating a devastating suicide bombing at a busy market that killed at least 42 people, one of the deadliest attacks in the wartorn country in recent years. A bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into the market in Urgun district of southeastern Paktika province as it thronged with shoppers on Tuesday morning. SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ( 531678058 )
A wounded man is helped who was injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed vehicle near a crowded market and a mosque, at the main hospital in Sharan, capital of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. An Afghan general said scores of people were killed in the attack in the nearby town of Urgun and more than 40 wounded in one of the deadliest attacks since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo) ( Afghanistan )
Afghanistan's security forces and civilians walk at the site of a suicide attack in the Urgun area of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The attack near a busy market and a mosque killed dozens of people in the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Pajhwok News Agency) ( Afghanistan )
A man recovers in a hospital after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed vehicle near a crowded market and a mosque, in the main hospital in Sharan, capital of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. An Afghan general said scores of people were killed and over 40 wounded in one of the deadliest attacks since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.(AP Photo) ( Afghanistan )
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