Tragic aftermath
Hundreds of men, women and children were dancing at
a wedding in Kabul on Aug. 17 when a suicide bomber
detonated his vest in the crowd, killing 63 people and
wounding at least 180 more. The bride and groom survived
the blast, for which an ISIS affiliate took responsibility, but
many of their relatives did not. The couple’s new room at the
groom’s family home, pictured here the next day, remained
unused amid the tragedy. The groom “lost hope,” he told a
local TV station, as what should have been a joyous moment
became the latest casualty in Afghanistan’s long war.
Photograph by Jim Huylebroek—The New York Times/Redux
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