Forty killed in Afghan wedding

Officials say at least 40 people have been killed and more than 70 wounded in an explosion at a wedding party in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar.

Izvor: RFE/RL

Thursday, 10.06.2010.

10:05

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Officials say at least 40 people have been killed and more than 70 wounded in an explosion at a wedding party in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar. The Interior Ministry said the blast was a suicide bomb attack. Forty killed in Afghan wedding An Interior Ministry spokesman told a Radio Free Afghanistan correspondent that many of the guests had links to local police officials or a local militia. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force blamed militants for what it called an "indiscriminate attack." A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, reportedly denied the group had carried out the attack. Television channels appealed for people to donate blood to help the wounded. The bombing comes during a particularly bloody week for international forces in Afghanistan. More than 20 foreign soldiers were killed this week, including four U.S. servicemen who died when a NATO helicopter was shot down earlier on June 9 in neighboring Helmand Province.

Forty killed in Afghan wedding

An Interior Ministry spokesman told a Radio Free Afghanistan correspondent that many of the guests had links to local police officials or a local militia.

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force blamed militants for what it called an "indiscriminate attack."

A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, reportedly denied the group had carried out the attack.

Television channels appealed for people to donate blood to help the wounded.

The bombing comes during a particularly bloody week for international forces in Afghanistan.

More than 20 foreign soldiers were killed this week, including four U.S. servicemen who died when a NATO helicopter was shot down earlier on June 9 in neighboring Helmand Province.

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