Kabul Wedding Attack: Daesh Killed 63, Injured 182

By Staff, Agencies

Daesh [the Arabic acronym for terrorist ‘ISIS/ISIL’ group] claimed responsibility for the suicide attack that targeted a packed wedding hall late Saturday night in the Afghan capital city of Kabul, killing at least 63 people.

Feroz Bashari, a government spokesman, said 182 civilians have been wounded in the attack that took place in western part of the city.

Relatively, Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi said the attacker set off explosives among the guests, AP reported.

Although Taliban condemned the attack and denied any involvement, both the Taliban and the local affiliate of Daesh carried out bloody attacks in the capital.