BOMB BLASTS KILLS 64 PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN NEWS HEADLINES
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN NEWS HEADLINES: - Two bomb blasts targeted a group of lawmakers in northern Afghanistan, on Tuesday, killing at least 64 people, including five members of parliament, the deadliest attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, officials said. The bombs went off outside a sugar factory in the northern province of Baghlan as the lawmakers were about to go inside. The twin blasts struck school children, Afghan elders and government officials who had gathered to greet the visiting delegation of 18 lawmakers from the lower house, officials said.
At least 64 people were killed, said a government minister who asked not to be identified releasing information not yet made official. At least five members of parliament were among those killed, he said.Shukria Barakzai, a lawmaker, said 18 of the 249 lower house parliamentarians had traveled to Baghlan province, and that 13 were dead or ``in danger.''
Baghlan lies about 150 kilometers (95 miles) north of Kabul.
