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30 Afghans killed in US bombing

Kabul, July 1
At least 30 members of an Afghan wedding party were killed and many more wounded when a US plane bombed a village in the central province of Uruzgan today, Afghan officials and residents said.

The bombing happened at 01.00 hrs (local time). Today in a village in the rugged, mountainous region 175 km (105 miles) northeast of the southern city of Kandahar, residents said. They told the local Pashtu service of the BBC that at least 120 persons had been either killed or wounded.

A Defence Ministry official said members of the wedding party were firing into the air, as it traditional in Pashtun weddings. Reuters