By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan
November 20, 2018
A suicide bombing at a large gathering of Afghan religious clerics in Kabul has killed at least 40 people, officials says.
Health Ministry spokesman Wahid Majrooh told RFE/RL that another 60 people were wounded in the November 20 blast, which targeted a gathering at a wedding hall to mark the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday.
The explosion was caused by a suicide bomber, according to Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish.
He said the number of dead and wounded was “more than 50” so far.
A manager of the hotel where the blast occurred told the AFP news agency that a suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of the gathering.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, one of the deadliest attacks to strike the Afghan capital in months.
The Taliban and the Islamic State (IS) militant groups have targeted Muslim religious scholars aligned with the Afghan government in the past.
Afghan security forces have struggled to counter attacks from the two groups since the withdrawal of most NATO combat troops in 2014. The remaining Western forces mainly train and advise the Afghan military, although some are still occasionally caught in firefights.
A local affiliate of the IS group claimed a suicide bombing in June that targeted a meeting of the country’s top religious body in the capital. That attack killed at least seven people, including several clerics.
The Afghan Ulema Council had issued a religious order, or fatwa, declaring suicide attacks forbidden, or “haram,” under the principles of Islam.
With reporting by AFP
Killing
of
the innocents
is
forbidden and haram
in
all religions.
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The psyopaths
must
get
STOPPED !
*Please; don’t
associate the
ATROCITIES
and
this kinds of heinous crimes
on any
religion- no matter
who claims it !
All kinds of
rogue characters
are DROPED OFF across Afghanistan- they
are freely roaming the entire country- you can not pinpoint whether who did it,
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Many countries with complex interests are involved in “Afghan quagmire” that it would make it extremely difficult
to find the real culprits- ALL
WE COULD DEDUCT
IS:
THAT THEY HATE THE
REGULAR FOLKS
OF
AFGHANISTAN.
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OBVIOUSLY; THEY ARE DESIGNED FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMICAL
GAINS.
Baghlani, if you weren’t a chew boy, you would join the Army and fight for freedom. Coward.
He is the lowest
of
the low- this rat
is paid to distract
civilized dialogue
and
the facts of the truths
about the heinous crimes
that are being constantly committed
on
innocent regular folks
of
Afghanistan.
You
Pigson
get lost !
This coward
works for the
“children
of
Hitler”
who are committing heinous crimes
on
innocent folks
in
Afghanistan.
He is a
typical
Ugly rat
in
Afghanistan- the coward even fake Islamic identity for his convenience.
THEY ARE SOREAD OUT AND PAID FOR DISTRACTING SERVICES;
ALL OVER, THE ISLAMIC COUNTRIES.
THEY ARE CONCEALING THE CRIMES
OF
THEIR MASTERS
GLOBALLY.