63 killed 182 wounded in Kabul wedding blast in Kabul

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Kabul: More than 60 people were killed and hundreds were injured in a bomb attack at a wedding ceremony in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. Officials gave this information.

It is one of the deadliest attacks in Kabul in recent months. The blast took place in the western part of the city late Saturday.

The blast occurred at a time when the US and the Taliban are in the final stages of reaching an agreement on reducing the US military’s presence in Afghanistan. The terrorist organization ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Home Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said that at least 63 people were killed and 182 people were injured. Rahimi said, “Women and children are among the injured.

The large and imposing wedding hall is a center of community life in a city that has been battling the war for decades.

Hundreds or often thousands of guests celebrate for hours at weddings. There is usually a separate place for men and women at weddings.

After Saturday’s attack, photographs showed corpses, clothing rags, caps, sandals, and bottles of mineral water lying in the hall.

It is believed that it was a Shia wedding. Shia Muslims in Sunni-majority Afghanistan are targeted every day, especially by the Islamic State group.

The Islamic State is active in Kabul but has not yet claimed responsibility for the attack. Mohammed Farhan, who was present at the wedding, said that he was on the women’s side when he heard a big bang from the men’s part. He said, ‘Everyone was running out screaming and crying.’

At least six people were killed in a suicide bombing in a wedding ceremony on July 12 in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province. IS, which is increasing its dominance in the area, claimed responsibility for this attack.