KABUL – At least 63 people have been killed and more than 180 others injured, including women and children, in a suicide bomb blast at a wedding ceremony in Kabul.
An explosion took place at a wedding reception in the west of Afghanistan’s capital at 10:40 p.m. local time (18:10 GMT) on Saturday. After the blast, the Afghan Interior Ministry said that all of the injured people were transported to a hospital.
Photos from the tragedy released online show relatives digging up graves for 14 members of one family who were killed in Kabul wedding blast.
The hotel was booked for 1,200 people.
No militant group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing.
In the meantime, the Taliban movement in a statement has rejected the involvement of the group in the bombing and condemned the attack.
