ISIS claims responsibility for Afghan wedding bomb blast that killed 63

Published August 18, 2019 8:52pm ET



The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack at a wedding in Kabul on Saturday that killed 63 people and left 182 wounded in the deadliest explosion in the Afghan capital this year.

The attack comes amid ongoing peace talks between the United States and the Taliban to try to bring an end to the nearly 18-year war in Afghanistan.

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