Afghan bride, groom among 13 killed in bomb blast: police

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

KABUL (AFP) — A suspected rebel bomb struck a minibus carrying a newly married couple in Afghanistan Saturday, killing the bride and groom and 11 wedding guests, police said, in the latest in a wave of insurgent attacks.

Authorities meanwhile announced that more than a dozen Taliban-linked militants were killed across the country on Friday, the same day NATO said bombs killed five of its soldiers and a civilian interpreter.

The device that blew up the wedding party in the southern province of Kandahar was likely planted to target security forces, provincial police chief Mutiullah Khan said.

He said 10 people were killed in the blast near the town of Spin Boldak close to the Pakistan border.

"A roadside bomb exploded under a minibus carrying a bride...

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