Afghanistan suicide bomb kills prominent MP at wedding

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A well-known Afghan politician and
around 20 other people have been killed in a suicide attack in the northern
province of Samangan, police say.

Ahmad Khan Samangani, an ethnic Uzbek MP, was attending a wedding party for
his daughter in the provincial capital, Aybak, when the blast happened.

The attacker, posing as a guest, embraced Mr Samangani before detonating his
explosives, a witness said.

A Taliban spokesman denied involvement in the attack.

Ahmad Khan Samangani was a commander in the mujahideen militia during
Afghanistan's civil war in the 1980s.

He was known as a supporter of President Hamid Karzai and a rival of Gen
Abdul Rashid Dostum, a powerful civil war commander in the north and currently
one of Afghanistan's most prominent Uzbek politicians, the BBC's Bilal Sarwary,
in Kabul, says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18839768

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

A well-known Afghan politician and
around 20 other people have been killed in a suicide attack in the northern
province of Samangan, police say.

Ahmad Khan Samangani, an ethnic Uzbek MP, was attending a wedding party for
his daughter in the provincial capital, Aybak, when the blast happened.

The attacker, posing as a guest, embraced Mr Samangani before detonating his
explosives, a witness said.

A Taliban spokesman denied involvement in the attack.

Ahmad Khan Samangani was a commander in the mujahideen militia during
Afghanistan's civil war in the 1980s.

He was known as a supporter of President Hamid Karzai and a rival of Gen
Abdul Rashid Dostum, a powerful civil war commander in the north and currently
one of Afghanistan's most prominent Uzbek politicians, the BBC's Bilal Sarwary,
in Kabul, says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18839768

To stop the stupidcide bombers they going to have to force all people attending mass events to come to them completely naked!:laugh2:
Simple and effective, have a security gate a few hundred yards away and nobody passes in with clothes on.-;)

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To stop the stupidcide bombers they going to have to force all people attending mass events to come to them completely naked!:laugh2:
Simple and effective, have a security gate a few hundred yards away and nobody passes in with clothes on.-;)

Don't know how likely that would be...seeing as how a suicide bomber also targeted and killed the head of the Afghan ministry of women's affairs the day before. Seems they are looking to go backward...not forward to the days of nude weddings...protests or beaches...like those American hippies liked. ;)


Apparently they also feel they will be seeing more of this in the near future...


Many Afghans fear that attacks, particularly by the Taliban, will increase after
foreign forces leave.

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Afghan minister Obaidullah Obaid survives assassination attempt in Kunduz

An Afghan government minister, Obaidullah Obaid, 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.

The Higher Education Minister was travelling from Baghlan to Kunduz province when one of the cars in his convoy hit a roadside bomb, Munshi Majid, the provincial governor of Baghlan who was in the same motorcade, told Reuters.

"The minister is safe," Munshi said. "Two policemen were wounded in the bomb attack," he said, adding that the bomb exploded on a highway outside Baghlan city.
Sunday's attack came a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding reception (http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/14/12734440-suicide-bomber-kills-at-least-22-at-afghan-wedding-including-prominent-politician?lite) in Samangan province, also in the north, killing a top Afghan official and 22 others.

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/15/12748339-afghan-minister-obaidullah-obaid-survives-assassination-attempt-in-kunduz?lite

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Afghan minister Obaidullah Obaid survives assassination attempt in Kunduz

An Afghan government minister, Obaidullah Obaid, 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.

The Higher Education Minister was travelling from Baghlan to Kunduz province when one of the cars in his convoy hit a roadside bomb, Munshi Majid, the provincial governor of Baghlan who was in the same motorcade, told Reuters.

"The minister is safe," Munshi said. "Two policemen were wounded in the bomb attack," he said, adding that the bomb exploded on a highway outside Baghlan city.
Sunday's attack came a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding reception (http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/14/12734440-suicide-bomber-kills-at-least-22-at-afghan-wedding-including-prominent-politician?lite) in Samangan province, also in the north, killing a top Afghan official and 22 others.

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/15/12748339-afghan-minister-obaidullah-obaid-survives-assassination-attempt-in-kunduz?lite

Islamist terrorists answer every grievance with killing. Preferably by way of bombing because they are to cowardly to fight man to man face to face!-Tyr