Bombing targets Afghan clerics calling for peace, killing 7

By RAHIM FAIEZ and AMIR SHAH
The Associated Press
A suicide bomber targeted a gathering of Afghanistan’s top clerics on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding 20 shortly after the religious leaders had issued a decree against such attacks and called for peace talks.
Ghafor Aziz, police chief of Kabul’s 5th District, said the bomber struck near the entrance of a compound where the religious body, known as the Afghan Ulema Council, was meeting. It was not clear how many of