Death toll of two deadly attacks in Afghanistan rises

The number of people affected in two deadly terrorist attacks in Afghanistan on Tuesday has risen, reported local media Tolo News TV on Wednesday.

In one attack, 24 civilians were killed and 16 others injured after three terrorists attacked a maternal hospital in western part of the country's capital Kabul, said the report quoting a Public Health Ministry source

Earlier reports suggested that 14 civilians were killed and 15 others injured.

Most of the killed were pregnant women and women who had given birth to newborns. At least two children were among the killed.

Three assailants and one police officer were also killed and two police wounded in the exchange of fire lasting for hours in the hospital building.

In eastern Nangarhar province, the number of civilians killed in a suicide bomb blast that targeted a funeral soared to 32 while 103 others were wounded in the attack which occurred in an open area outside a cemetery.

The suicide attacker, who detonated a suicide belt among the crowd, was also killed on the spot.

Earlier reports said 24 civilians were killed and 68 civilians others wounded.

No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks so far. The Taliban militant group has denied involvement of its fighters in the incidents.