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Aug 9, 2001
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U.S. Bombs Kill or Wound at Least 120 Afghans
Mon Jul 1,12:23 PM ET

KABUL (Reuters) - A U.S. plane killed or wounded at least 120 members of an Afghan wedding party in an attack on a village in Uruzgan province on Monday, residents said.


They said the bombing occurred 105 miles northeast of the southwestern city of Kandahar at about 1 a.m. local time.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the local Bakhtar Information Agency the "sudden attack" happened in the Dehrawud district of Uruzgan province.

"We are trying to organize aid and a commission has gone there headed by the ministry of frontiers affairs," he said.

Residents said between 120 and 150 people were either killed or wounded. There have been several reports of U.S. mistakenly attacking civilian targets since Washington's bombing offensive started in Afghanistan ( news - web sites) on Oct. 7 last year.