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1st LD Writethru: Clash in wedding party claims 20 lives, wounds 10 in N. Afghanistan

Xinhua, July 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

Clash in a wedding party in Afghanistan's Dehsalah district of the northern Baghlan province with Pul-e-Khumri as its capital 160 km north of Kabul left 20 people dead and 10 others injured, all civilians, early Monday, police said. "A wedding party was underway in a village of Dehsalah district when firing began between armed men inside the house at midnight leaving 20 people dead and 10 othersinjured,"district police chief Gulistan Khan told Xinhua.

All the victims are civilians and all are men, the official added.

Without furnishing more details, he added that investigation has been initiated to determine the reason for the deadly incident. Endi