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Wedding Attack Among Series Of Deadly Bomb Blasts

January 17 2011

Afghanistan

Three roadside explosions across Afghanistan killed 17 civilians during the previous 24 hours, Afghan officials said on Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Times.

On Sunday, a group of nine wedding guests, including a child, were killed outside Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province, when their station wagon hit a bomb, said provincial authorities.

On Saturday, six people were reportedly killed in Helmand province's Sangin district when their minivan was hit by a...

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