Burhanullah Shinwari was the deputy chairman of the
upper house of Afghanistan's legislature.
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In July 2008 he led a delegation of legislators to investigate the
Deh Bala wedding party bombing, an incident where American helicopter fired on a
wedding party
A wedding reception is a party usually held after the completion of a marriage ceremony as hospitality for those who have attended the wedding, hence the name reception: the couple ''receive'' society, in the form of family and friends, for th ...
, killing 47, mostly women and children.
References
Pashtun people
Living people
Members of the House of Elders (Afghanistan)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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