Thursday, June 10, 2010

Militia Is Said to Be Target of Afghan Wedding Attack

Afghan

The groom and 17 of the guests at a rural Kandahar wedding party attacked by a suicide bomber on Wednesday night were members of an anti-Taliban guard organization encouraged initially by American Special Operations forces, and the bomber’s goal appeared to be to undermine support for the group, elders and government officials in the area said Thursday.

The governor of Kandahar Province denounced the attack at a news conference.

read full story at nytimes.com

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