Child killed in Afghan wedding blast

A child was killed and at least a dozen other people were injured in a blast at a wedding celebration in Afghanistan, police said today.

The Afghan Interior Ministry said the explosion happened when a grenade was thrown at the event in a province east of Kabul last night.

Ghafor Khan, the spokesman for the chief of police in Nangarhar province, said the device exploded in a tent where males were celebrating. He put the number of people injured higher at 16.

Mr Khan said police were still investigating the incident in the Surkh Rod district of Jalalabad, but preliminary reports indicated that a family dispute may have prompted the violence.