Scores of people were killed or wounded in a suicide attack on a group of legislators in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, according to a parliamentarian who survived the attack. Six parliamentarians were either killed or wounded in the attack, which occurred in Baghlan Province as the legislators were about to tour a sugar factory, parliamentarian Shukria Barakzai said.
She said most of the victims were schoolchildren who had gathered in the area to welcome the legislators.
Moustafa Kazimi, a former commerce minister and spokesman for the Northern Alliance that had fought against the Taliban, was among the parliamentarians who died, she said.
Reuters quoted a local hospital director as saying the attack killed 90 people, including five parliamentarians, and wounded 50.
The Associated Press quoted a government minister as saying there were two blasts that killed at least 64, including five legislators.