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20 die in Afghan blast including commander
AGENCIES | Kabul, July 14, 2012 12:01
Tags : Ahmad Khan Samangani | Ghulam Mohammad Khan | Afghanistan bomb blast |
Tags : Ahmad Khan Samangani | Ghulam Mohammad Khan | Afghanistan bomb blast |
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According to the Afghan authorities, a suicide attacker blew himself up in a wedding hall in northern Afghanistan, killing more than 20 people, including Ahmad Khan Samangani, a well-known commander in northern Afghanistan who was also a member of parliament.
Ghulam Mohammad Khan, the criminal director of the provincial police, says more than 20 people were killed on Friday's blast in Aybak, the capital of Samangan province.
He says other government officials also were killed in the blast and that more than 40 others were wounded.
Conflict between the Taliban, who are mostly Pashtun, and members of other ethnic groups is nothing new. However, the Afghan government needs minority groups, loosely known as the Northern Alliance, to back his efforts to reconcile with the Taliban.
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