Police chief killed as blast hits Afghan mosque

A suicide bomb tore through a mosque in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan today during the funeral of a Muslim cleric who spoke out against the Taliban.

Wed, 01 Jun, 2005 - 10:31

A suicide bomb tore through a mosque in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan today during the funeral of a Muslim cleric who spoke out against the Taliban.

The bomb killed at least 20 people including the Kabul police chief, officials said. Dozens more were wounded.

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CourtsIrish LanguagePlace: KandaharPlace: southern AfghanistanPlace: AfghanistanPlace: Mullah Abdul Fayaz MosquePlace: KabulPerson: Latfullah MashalPerson: GeneralPerson: Akram KhakrezwalPerson: MashalPerson: Nanai AghaPerson: Salim KhanPerson: Nazir AhmadzaiPerson: Mohammed Hashim AlokozaiPerson: Mullah Abdul FayazPerson: FayazPerson: President Hamid KarzaiPerson: Osama bin LadenPerson: KarzaiPerson: US Secretary Of StatePerson: Condoleezza RiceOrganisation: TalibanOrganisation: MuslimOrganisation: KabulOrganisation: Afghan Ministry of InteriorOrganisation: Associated PressOrganisation: al Qaida
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