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November 7, 2007

Afghan President Announces 3 Days of Mourning for Bombing Victims
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1A2A4F2:A6F02AD83191E1609FE53F74E294762970AD7039DCD7B7E4 Hamid Karzai says
six members of parliament were among 41 killed in northern Baghlan
province





Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, talks to Afghan police chiefs and
senior police officials of Afghanistan's 34 provinces during a three
day seminar at the Serena hotel in Kabul, 06 Nov. 2007Afghan President
Hamid Karzai has declared three days of national mourning for 41
people killed in a suicide bombing Tuesday in northern Afghanistan.

Mr. Karzai told a news conference in Kabul Wednesday six members of
parliament were among those killed in northern Baghlan province.  At
least 81 people were wounded, and Mr. Karzai warned the death toll
could rise.

Among the dead were children who had lined up to greet a visiting
delegation of Afghan lawmakers.

The suicide attack is the country's deadliest since the fall of the
Taliban in 2001.  No one has claimed responsibility, and a Taliban
spokesman denied any involvement.

President Karzai said authorities are investigating the incident,
which he called an act of terrorism against Islam and humanity.

The United States has denounced the attack as "a despicable act of
cowardice."   The State Department said there is no political cause
that can justify the murder of innocent people.

A statement issued by spokesman Sean McCormack said the enemies of
peace and freedom want to gain through violence, threat and
intimidation what they cannot win in free and fair elections.

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said he was deeply saddened by the attack. 


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