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| Afghanistan: Bomb rips through wedding in Kabul | Afghanistan: Bomb rips through wedding in Kabul |
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| An explosion has ripped through a wedding hall in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and many casualties are feared. | An explosion has ripped through a wedding hall in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and many casualties are feared. |
| Eye witnesses told the BBC a suicide bomber detonated explosives during a wedding ceremony. Witnesses said they had seen bodies. | Eye witnesses told the BBC a suicide bomber detonated explosives during a wedding ceremony. Witnesses said they had seen bodies. |
| The explosion happened at around 22:40 local time (18.10 GMT) in an area mostly populated by Shia Muslims. | |
| No group said it carried out the attack, which happened in the west of the city. | No group said it carried out the attack, which happened in the west of the city. |
| Sunni Muslim militants, including the Taliban and the Islamic State group, have repeatedly targeted Shia Hazara minorities in Afghanistan and Pakistan. | |
| The latest blast comes just 10 days after a huge bomb outside a Kabul police station killed at least 14 people and injured nearly 150. | |
| The Taliban said it carried out that attack. | |
| Tensions in the country have been high even though the Taliban and the US, which has thousands of troops stationed in Afghanistan, are reportedly close to announcing a peace deal. | |
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