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Daesh claims responsibility for bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63

SHAFAQNA The Daesh group on Sunday claimed responsibility for the Kabul wedding blast that killed at least 63 and wounded 182.

Daesh said one of its fighters blew himself up at a “large gathering” in Kabul while others “detonated a parked explosives-laden vehicle” when security forces arrived, in a statement posted on the Telegram messaging app.

The death toll from a late-night suicide bombing at a crowded wedding party in the Afghan capital rose to at least 63 on Sunday, including women and children, officials said. The local Daesh group’s affiliate claimed responsibility for what was the deadliest attack in Kabul this year.

Another 182 people were wounded in the Saturday night explosion, government spokesman Feroz Bashari said. Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi confirmed the casualty toll as families began to bury the dead. Some helped to dig graves with their bare hands, gulftoday reported.

A spokesman for the Taliban insurgents, Sohail Shaheen, denied any connection to the bombing in a tweet Sunday. He called it a “brutal act” and said the group “condemns it in the strongest terms.” The Taliban is currently in peace negotiations with US officials, who have said they expect to reach a deal soon that would lead to most U.S. troops leaving the country, gulfnews told.

The blast occurred in a western Kabul neighbourhood that is home to many of the country’s minority Shiite Hazara community. Daesh has claimed responsibility for many attacks targeting Shiites in the past. A statement by the militant group posted on an Daesh-linked website on Sunday said a Pakistani Daesh fighter seeking martyrdom targeted a large Shiite gathering in Kabul.

The statement also claimed that after the suicide bombing, a car bomb was detonated in the attack but Afghan officials have not confirmed this.

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