Afghanistan suicide bomber kills scores of Muslim scholars
Source: AP/The Guardian
A suicide bomber has targeted a gathering of Muslim religious scholars in Kabul, killing at least 40 people, Afghan officials said.
The public health ministry spokesman, Wahid Majroh, said another 60 people were wounded in the attack, which took place on Tuesday as Muslims around the world marked the birthday of the prophet Muhammad.
The bomber secretly entered a wedding hall in the capital where hundreds of scholars and clerics had gathered to mark the occasion, the interior ministry spokesman, Najib Danish, said.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but both the Taliban and a local Islamic State affiliate have targeted religious scholars aligned with the government in the past.
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