Suicide bombing at a wedding in Kabul kills more than 60 people
By AFP
19 August 2019 |
10:50 am
Joy and celebration turned into horror and carnage late on Saturday when a suicide bomber targeted a packed Afghan wedding hall, killing at least 63 people in the deadliest attack to rock Kabul in months.
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