The suicide bomber stood in the middle of the dancing, clapping crowd as hundreds of Afghan children and adults celebrated a wedding in a joyous release from Kabul's strain of war. Then, in a flash, he detonated his explosives-filled vest, killing dozens — and Afghanistan grieved again. The local
1 / 27Afghanistan Wedding Hall BlastAn Afghan man mourns near the body of his brother after he was killed in an explosion at wedding hall in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug.18, 2019. An explosion ripped through a wedding hall on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan's capital and dozens of people were killed or wounded, a government official said. Hundreds of people were believed to be inside.
Aslim looked exhausted, and said he was waiting to bury more. Nearby, a man named Amanullah, who lost his 14-year-old son, said in anguish that the explosion had mangled the boy's face so badly he could no longer recognize it. The Taliban, which the U.S. hopes will help curb the IS affiliate's rise, condemned Saturday's attack as"forbidden and unjustifiable."
Story continuesAli's workers were still finding body parts, including hands, in the shattered wedding hall, its floor strewn with broken glass, pieces of furniture and victims' shoes.The bomber detonated his explosives near the stage where musicians were playing and"all the youths, children and all the people who were there were killed," said Gul Mohammad, another witness.
Kabul's huge, brightly lit wedding halls are centers of community life in a city weary of decades of war, with thousands of dollars often spent on a single evening. The attack also comes at a greatly uncertain time in Afghanistan as the U.S. and the Taliban appear to be within days of a deal on ending the war after several rounds of talks this year. Afghanistan's government has been sidelined in those talks as the Taliban refuse to negotiate with what it calls a U.S. puppet.
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