Dozens Dead or Hurt in Wedding Party Blast in Afghan Capital

Dozens Dead or Hurt in Wedding Party Blast in Afghan Capital
Afghan police men stand guard outside the wedding hall after an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 18, 2019. Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo
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KABUL, Afghanistan—An explosion ripped through a wedding party 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.

Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi told The Associated Press there was no immediate information on the cause of the blast. Both the Taliban and a local affiliate of the ISIS terrorist group carry out bloody attacks in the capital.