At least 40 people were killed last night and 77 wounded after a massive suicide bomb attack ripped through a wedding party in a village in Kandahar where US special forces have pioneered a controversial anti-Taliban militia programme to encourage people to defend themselves in return for development projects.
Witnesses said women and children were among the dead.
The attack was on members of the Local Defence Initiative who were attending an evening marriage celebration in the Nagahan area of Arghandab, a district to the west of Kandahar city, according to Haji Muhammad Anas, the executive director of the provincial government.
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