US ARMY COLONEL SPEAKS ABOUT BOMBING OF WEDDING PARTY IN AFGHANISTAN, 2002-07-01 (photo)

Television grab shows U.S. Army Colonel Roger King speaking to members of the media at Bagram air base, north of Kabul about the bombing of a wedding party, July 1, 2002. A U.S. plane bombed a village in the central Afghan province of Uruzgan on Monday killing at least 30 members of a wedding party and injuring many more, Afghan officials and residents said. Colonel King said a coalition reconnaissance operation came under anti-aircraft fire overnight north of Kandahar and had responded with close air support. The bombing happened at 1.00 a.m. on Monday in a village in the rugged, mountainous region 175 km (105 miles) northeast of the southern city of Kandahar, residents said. They told the local Pashtu service of the BBC at least 120 people had been either killed or wounded. REUTERS/POOL CRB