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2015-07-28 Afghanistan

Gunfight Kills at least 20 at Afghan Wedding

[ALMANAR.LB] At least 20 people were killed when a shootout broke out at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan, officials said Monday.
Western bands have guitars or horns or something. In Afghanistan every band needs a rocket launcher.
The clash, which police blamed on quarrels between guests, erupted late Sunday in Deh Salah district in Baghlan.

The once-tranquil province has recently been plagued by growing insecurity as the Taliban insurgency spreads north from its southern and eastern strongholds.

"As a result of the festivities, 20 people were killed and 10 others were maimed," provincial police front man Jawed Basharat told AFP, adding that the incident appeared to be the result of a local dispute.

Armed men traded verbal barbs before the shootout broke out and the victims were all male guests at the wedding aged between 14 and 60, said district police chief Gulistan Qusani.

"A local security official had gun sex after the verbal exchange heated up... and then both sides started trading fire," Qusani told AFP, giving a higher corpse count of 21.

Baghlan police front man Sultan Mohammad Ebadi said an official delegation had been sent to the site -- a Tajik-dominated area that is largely unaffected by the Taliban insurgency -- to investigate the matter.

Posted by Fred 2015-07-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Western bands have guitars or horns or something. In Afghanistan every band needs a rocket launcher.

Reminds me of the new Mad Max movie.

Posted by JHH 2015-07-28 01:20|| 2015-07-28 01:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Was it bikers? Confederate battle flags? I bet it was bikers.

Posted by Lowspark 2015-07-28 03:40|| 2015-07-28 03:40|| Front Page Top

#3 That's more than the number of slackjaw ISIS members we bag in Syria and Iraq in a day. Let's encourage more weddings; create a hashtag and the like (sarc).

Posted by JohnQC 2015-07-28 11:25|| 2015-07-28 11:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Just another day in the 'hood.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-07-28 12:03|| 2015-07-28 12:03|| Front Page Top

#5 So much for an armed society is a polite society. Which reminds me: whatever became of our old friend and ever-reliable ally Karzai?

Posted by regular joe 2015-07-28 14:56|| 2015-07-28 14:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Coming to a fusion Resturant near you, name is rumored to be The Cloak & Cleave Her.

Posted by Shipman 2015-07-28 16:40|| 2015-07-28 16:40|| Front Page Top

#7 If you're going to play in Kabul
You've got to have a rocket in the band
Dancing boys are hot to a talibani man
Use those safety gloves so the shot it doesn't glance
If you're going to play in Kabul
You've got to have a rocket in the band.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-07-28 18:41|| 2015-07-28 18:41|| Front Page Top

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