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Isis claims suicide attack on Kabul wedding that killed 63
Unclaimed shoes at the site of last night's lethal suicide bombing of a wedding in Kabul, which killed 63 people including women and children. The Isis terror group claimed responsibility

AT LEAST 63 people have died and 182 were wounded in a suicide bombing of a wedding in Kabul.

Today Isis terror group claimed responsibility for the Saturday-night blast, which took place in a part of the Afghan capital that is home to many Shi’ite Hazara Muslims, a religious minority. Like al-Qaida, Isis follows the Saudi Wahhabi ideology, which condemns Shi’ite Islam. The organisation frequently targets Shi’ites for bombings and massacres.

An Isis-linked website said the slaughter was the work of a Pakistani Isis fighter who “sought martyrdom.”

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