Gunmen slaughter Afghan wedding party
Gunmen killed nine people in an attack on a wedding party in the remote Dur Baba district of eastern Afghanistan.
A spokesman for the eastern Nangarhar province said the attack happened in Ahmad Zia Abdulzai where the assailants opened fire on a house where family members were celebrating.
The attackers also set fire to the house and a nearby car.
No one immediately claimed responsibility but the groom’s is the chief administrator for Dur Baba district, suggesting that it may have been an Taliban strike intended to punish the family for being associated with the government.