Eight women were killed and 10 others sustained injuries during a wedding party in Kunduz province north of Afghanistan, police said Tuesday.
"The tragic incident occurred at 11 p.m. local time in a village in Dasht-e-Archi district when dozens of women climbed the roof of a house to enjoy wedding party's ceremony and suddenly the roof caved in leaving eight women dead and wounding 10 others," a senior police officer in Kunduz province Abdul Rahman Akhtash told Xinhua.
Wedding parties in Afghanistan traditionally is splendid as hundreds of relatives and friends from the families of bride and groom attend the ceremony.