Blast kills child, wounds at least 12 at wedding in eastern Afghanistan

Blast kills child, wounds 12 at Afghan wedding

KABUL — Afghan police say a blast has killed a child and wounded at least a dozen other civilians at a wedding in a province east of Kabul.

Officials gave differing accounts of the explosion Thursday night in Nangarhar province.

The Ministry of Interior, which oversees the police, says a child was killed and 12 other people were wounded when someone threw a grenade. Provincial police spokesman Ghafor Khan says it was a mine that exploded in a tent where males were celebrating and that 16 people were wounded in addition to the child who died.

Khan says preliminary reports indicate a family dispute was behind the violence near the city of Jalalabad.