Suicide blast at Kabul wedding, Death toll rises to 65, 185 injured

Among the wounded are women and children

Kabul:(News Pulse/Monitoring desk) A Massive bomb attack targeting a wedding in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul has left at least 85 people dead and more than 185 others injured, Spokesman of the Afghan Interior ministry,” Nusrat Rahimi confirmed that the casualties and said the blast took place at a wedding hall in the west of Kabul late Saturday.

Rahimi said that, “Among the wounded are women and children,”

The Taliban Spokesperson Zabi Ullah Mujahid denied responsibility for the blast at a west Kabul wedding hall, in a minority Shi’ite neighborhood, packed with people celebrating a marriage.

 

Sources said that the injured were taken to hospital for treatment and that the death toll may increase as many of those wounded are in critical conditions.

Afghan President,” Ashraf Ghani” strongly condemned the “inhumane” bomb attack, Ashraf Ghani said that Taliban cannot absolve themselves of blame, for they provide platform for terrorists.

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