Ahmad khan samangani biography

At least 23 people were killed and 60 others wounded, said a statement from President Hamid Karzai condemning the attack.

Ahmad khan samangani biography

The wounded were in critical condition and the death toll could rise, said regional police spokesman Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai. Biodata: Ahmad Khan was born other sources say in Samangan Province. Samangani completed his private Islamic studies in Samangan in Samangani is a former Mujahid commander, and the principal commander in Samangan province.

Northern Afghanistan is relatively peaceful but suffers sporadic violence. The attack in Samangan suggests an emboldened Taliban insurgency spreading to the north from the south and east, where they traditionally hold sway. The following month a suicide attack in Faryab killed 12 people, mostly civilians. Last year, a Taliban suicide attack killed General Daud Daud, a regional police commander and once Afghanistan's most powerful anti-drug tsar, in Taloqan, the capital of Takhar province, also in the north.

The attack occurred in the capital of Samangan province, Aybak. The attacker came to the party as a guest and embraced Samangani before detonating his explosives. Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor had also been on his way to the wedding, but escaped the attack.