Suicide motorbike driver kills 20 and wounds 30 at Afghan wrestling match

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Spectators were cheering the final moments of a wrestling match at a holiday fair when a motorbike weaved into the crowd -- and exploded in a searing fireball.

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