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Arab News
| 10 months ago
A magnetic bomb blew up the car of a district governor in Afghanistan's northerly city of Kunduz yesterday in the third attack on senior government officials in as many days. The governor of Khan Abad district was not in the car, but the bomb killed...
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Pak Tribune
| 10 months ago
Afghanistan's Minister of Higher Education and the Governor of northern Baghlan province survived a bomb attack in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, local officials said. The blast happened Sunday morning while the Higher Education Minister Obadiullah...
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Taiwan News
| 10 months ago
Intelligence officials denied reports Wednesday that the head of Pakistan 's Taliban narrowly escaped death in a suspected U.S. missile strike that killed about 55 people, saying he was elsewhere at the time. Baitullah Mehsud, accused of plotting...
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DAWN
| 10 months ago
An Afghan minister survived an insurgent roadside bombing Sunday, the third attack on high profile officials in three days, a provincial governor said. Obaidullah Obaid, the higher education minister, was travelling between the northern provinces of...
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The Daily Star
| 10 months ago
An Afghan government minister survived a bomb attack on his motorcade in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, the second assault on a high-profile politician in two days, but two of his bodyguards were wounded, provincial officials said. Higher Education...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 10 months ago
A suicide bomber struck a wedding hall packed with VIPs from across northern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 19 people, including a prominent anti-Taliban politician and a high-ranking police official. There was no immediate claim of...
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The Herald
| 10 months ago
Wedding target of suicide bomb A suicide bomber blew himself up among guests at a wedding hall Saturday in northern Afghanistan, killing 23, people including a prominent ex-Uzbek warlord turned lawmaker who was father of the bride. Ahmad Khan...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 10 months ago
Breaking News Suicide bomber kills 23 at Afghan wedding A suicide bomber blew himself up among guests at a wedding hall Saturday in northern Afghanistan, killing 23 people including a prominent ex-Uzbek warlord turned lawmaker who was the father of...
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Hindustan times
| 10 months ago
At least 22 people, including a governor, were killed and 60 injured on Saturday in Afghanistan following a suicide bombing attack during a wedding ceremony, RIA Novosti reported. According to Pazhwok news agency, Samangan province's governor Akhmad...
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NY Daily News
| 10 months ago
Jawed Kargar/EPA A man surveys the scene of a suicide bomb attack targeting the wedding ceremony of the daughter of Ahmad Khan Samangani, an Afghan parliamentarian, in Aybak. Jawed Kargar/EPA At least 22 people are dead and more than 40 people...
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The Financial Express
| 10 months ago
Chand Khan, a resident of Kacha Khu area in Khanewal city, allegedly buried the girl yesterday and has now been arrested. His brother and son were present at the burial, which was conducted after a cleric offered funeral prayers...The cleric got...
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The Hindustan Times
| 10 months ago
In a horrific incident, a father in Pakistan's Punjab province allegedly buried alive his two-day-old daughter because her face was deformed. Chand Khan, a resident of Kacha Khu area in Khanewal city, allegedly buried the girl yesterday and has now...
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Voice of America
| 10 months ago
Sharon Behn July 14, 2012 A suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of a wedding party in Afghanistan's northern Samangan province Saturday, killing a regional commander and at least another 16 people. One of those killed in the explosion was...
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Indian Express
| 10 months ago
Chand Khan, a resident of Kacha Khu area in Khanewal city, allegedly buried the girl yesterday and has now been arrested. His brother and son were present at the burial, which was conducted after a cleric offered funeral prayers...The cleric got...
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The Courier-Mail
| 10 months ago
UP to two dozen people, including a senior warlord-turned-legislator and several police and intelligence officials, have been killed by a suicide bomber at a wedding in northern Afghanistan, officials say. The lone suicide bomber targeted a reception...
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Washington Post
| 10 months ago
Afghan lawmaker Ahmad Khan Samangani speaks in parliament in Kabul in this undated handout photo. A suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding reception in Samangan province in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing Samangani and several others.
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
A suicide bomber struck a wedding party in northern Afghanistan Saturday morning, killing about 20 people, including a well-known politician, officials said. Ahmad Khan Samangani, an ethnic Uzbek member of Parliament, was attending a wedding party...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Afghan MP killed by suicide bomber at daughter's wedding Ahmad Khan Samangani and more than a dozen wedding guests are killed by bomber who infiltrated party in Aybak Ahmad Khan Samangani, who was killed after apparently telling staff to keep...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
A suicide bomber at a wedding reception killed not less than 22 people, including a prominent member of parliament and a top intelligence official on Saturday, according to Afghan police officials. Share This Story Ahmad Khan Samangani, a top Afghan...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
Afghanistan A suicide bomber killed a prominent Afghan lawmaker and 22 other people at his daughter's wedding party in the north of the country on Saturday, officials said. The attacker embraced MP Ahmad Khan, a former militia commander, in front of...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 10 months ago
A suicide bomber killed a prominent anti-Taliban politician and 22 other guests at a wedding reception in the northern Afghan province of Samangan on Saturday, officials said. The bomber blew himself up as he hugged lawmaker Ahmad Khan Samangani, who...
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The Independent
| 10 months ago
A suicide bomber blew himself up today in a wedding hall in northern Afghanistan, killing more than 20 people including a well-known commander in an attack that deals a setback to efforts to unify the nation's ethnic factions, Afghan officials said.
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Al Jazeera English
| 10 months ago
10 At least 23 people, including a member of parliament, have been killed and some 60 others injured in a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan. The bomber is understood to have targeted a wedding party for MP Ahmad Khan's daughter in Samangan...
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Fox
| 10 months ago
Afghanistan Afghan authorities say 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...
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Times of India
| 10 months ago
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding reception in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 22 people including a prominent politician, and wounding 40 others, police said. The death toll makes Saturday's attack one of the most...
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The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
| 10 months ago
Influential Afghan politician Ahmad Khan Samangani, who hosted the party, was also killed in the attack, provincial governor Khairullah Anosh told Reuters.
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DAWN
| 10 months ago
A suicide attack on a wedding party in northern Afghanistan killed at least six people including a lawmaker on Saturday, officials said. The attacker, who was on foot, detonated his explosives at the wedding party of the daughter of an Afghan MP in...
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Newyork Times
| 10 months ago
Afghanistan (AP) A suicide attacker blew himself up Saturday in a wedding hall in northern Afghanistan, killing more than 20 people including a well-known commander and other local leaders, Afghan officials said. The death of Ahmad Khan Samangani, an...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
Afghanistan suicide bomb 'kills politician' Reports from Afghanistan say a well-known politician and at least 20 other people have been killed in a suicide attack. Ahmad Khan Samangani was apparently attending a wedding party in Aybak, the capital of...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan authorities say 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...
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The Washington Times
| 10 months ago
Author Rajiv Chandrasekaran , a correspondent for The Washington Post who has reported from Afghanistan more than a dozen times in recent years, concludes that after decades of American efforts, none of it remedied the core problem: Our government...
