Kabul (November 21, 2018): The Taliban have denied involvement in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital that killed at least 55 people.
Tuesday’s attack, which targeted a gathering of hundreds of clerics at a wedding hall in Kabul, bore the hallmarks of a local Islamic State (IS) affiliate, which has carried out mass bombings targeting minority Shias as well as perceived supporters of the United States-backed government.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid, late on Tuesday, said his group condemns any attack on civilians or religious clerics.
The suicide bomber was able to sneak into a wedding hall where hundreds of Muslim religious scholars and clerics had gathered to mark the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
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