Afghan wedding suicide attack kills prominent MP

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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, July 14, (AFP) - A suicide bomber killed a prominent Afghan lawmaker and 12 other people at his daughter's wedding party in the north of the country today, officials said.

The attacker embraced MP Ahmad Khan, a former militia commander, in front of wedding guests before detonating the explosives strapped around his waist, a security forces spokesman said.

The head of local intelligence was also among the dead after the attack on the party in Aybak, the capital of normally peaceful Samangan province, which was attended by other high- ranking government officials.

An ethnic Uzbek, Khan had served as a commander during the decades of conflict in Afghanistan.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. "