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  Islamic State takes responsibility for bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63

  World | August 18, 2019 17:48 IST

  Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Kabul bombing that killed 63. Another 182 people were wounded in the Saturday night explosion, government spokesman Feroz Bashari said. Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi confirmed the casualty toll as families began to bury the dead. Some helped to dig graves with their bare hands.

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  15 dead in suicide attack on Afghan funeral; 8,000 civilians killed in terror-related incidents in 2017

  World | December 31, 2017 18:49 IST

  There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Taliban and Islamic State militants have stepped up assaults in recent months, with ordinary Afghans bearing the brunt of the violence.

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  Three dead in Afghan bombing

  World | October 18, 2014 18:01 IST

  Kabul: At least three people were killed and five injured Saturday in a suicide car bombing in Afghanistan's Helmand province.The bomb had targeted a military convoy outside the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah city, an

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  Hamid Karzai's cousin killed in suicide attack

  World | July 29, 2014 13:58 IST

  Kandahar: A suicide attacker killed a cousin of outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai near the volatile southern city of Kandahar on Tuesday, officials said, raising tensions during a struggle over the contested election result.Hashmat Karzai