2 newborn babies among the 16 dead in an attack on a hospital in Kabul

REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

• Gunmen disguised as police attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing 16 people, including two newborn babies.
• There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
• In a separate attack, a suicide bomber struck the funeral of a police commander, killing at least 24 people and injuring 68. The Afghan affiliate of the Islamic State militant group said it carried out the attack.
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KABUL/JALALABAD (Reuters) - Gunmen disguised as police attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing 16 people including two newborn babies from a maternity clinic run by the international humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders.

In a separate attack the same day, a suicide bomber struck the funeral of a police commander, attended by government officials and a member of parliament, in the eastern province of Nangahar, killing at least 24 people and injuring 68. Authorities said that toll could rise.

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