Afghan Suicide Bomber Kills 59 Kids

Afghan Suicide Bomber Kills 59 Kids
Associated Press | November 09, 2007


KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide attack in northern Afghanistan earlier this week killed 59 schoolchildren and wounded 96 others, the Education Ministry said Friday.

The schoolchildren were lined up to greet a group of lawmakers visiting a sugar factory in the northern province of Baghlan on Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated explosives. In total, at least 75 people were killed, including several parliamentarians.

Fifty-nine schoolchildren aged 8 to 18 and five teachers were among those killed in the attack, said Zahoor Afghan, an Education Ministry spokesman.

The attack was the deadliest in the country since the toppling of Taliban regime from power in the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.

"The education minister has ordered that no children should be ever again be used in these sort of events," Afghan said.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai declared three days of mourning Wednesday and ordered an investigation. No group has claimed responsibility, and the Taliban denied any involvement.


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we really screwed up that place, worse than the russians, or the brits before them.

just think if bush would have went there the bad guys would be six feet under and oil would be 30 dollars a barrel. there would`t be hundreds of thousands dead and wounded across iraq