Monday, October 28, 2013

Wedding-bound minibus bombed in Afghanistan; 20 dead

Kabul, Afghanistan -- At least 20 people on their way to a wedding were killed on Sunday in a roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan, a local official told.

The incident occurred in the Andar district of Ghazni province. Fourteen women and a child were among the dead and five other people were injured.

Nabi Jan, spokesman for the Ghazni provincial governor, said the bomb struck a minibus carrying people to the wedding. Jan accused Taliban militants of the bombing. No one has claimed responsibility.

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