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city's Kohati Gate district after services to get a free meal of rice offered on the front lawn, said a top government administrator, Sahibzada Anees.
• It was not immediately clear whether one or two suicide bombers carried out the attack.
• Witnesses said they heard two blasts, the second more powerful than the first. One police officer, Zahir Shah, said he believed both blasts were caused by suicide bombers.
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Obama to lead mourning for the 12 killed in Navy Yard shooting, visit with victims' families
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is set to mourn the men and women killed in the Washington Navy Yard shooting at a memorial service in their honor.
• Sunday's late-afternoon service is being held at the Marine Barracks Washington in southeast Washington, not far from the Navy facility where authorities say 34-year-old Aaron Alexis fatally shot a dozen people last Monday morning. Police killed Alexis in a gun battle.
• The president and first lady Michelle Obama will also visit with the victims' families.
• The dead range in age from 46 to 73, and include civilian employees and contractors. Eight people were also hurt, including a police officer and two others who suffered gunshot wounds.
• Obama spokesman Jay Carney says the president wants to mourn the loss of life and share in the nation's pain after another mass shooting.
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NATO says 3 US soldiers killed by gunman wearing Afghan security forces uniform
• KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An Afghan wearing a security forces uniform turned his weapon against U.S. troops Saturday, killing three in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, in another apparent attack by a member of the Afghan forces against their international allies.
• The shooting took place in Gardez, capital of eastern Paktia province, Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, an Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman, said. The area, near the border with Pakistan, has been a front line in fighting with the Taliban and (Continued on page 38)
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