MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2019

Afghanistan wedding suicide

bombing kills at least 63 people

in Kabul

Taliban denies responsibility for deadliest attack in capital city this year (EPA)

CONRAD DUNCAN

At least 63 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack at a crowded wedding party in Afghanistan’s
capital, officials have said.

Another 182 civilians were wounded in the explosion on Saturday night, government spokesperson Feroz
Bashari said, making it the deadliest attack in Kabul this year. Interior Ministry spokesperson Nusrat
Rahimi confirmed the increased death toll, which included children, as families began to bury the dead.

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