Kabul: A suicide bomb attack at a wedding in Kabul on Saturday killed 63 people and wounded 182, the Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman said.
The explosion happened at around 22:40 local time (18.10 GMT) in an area in the west of the city mostly populated by Shia Muslims. According to an Afghan-based journalist Bilal Sarwary, it was a Hazara wedding which was targeted by a suicide bomber.
The injured were rushed to nearby hospitals.
The Afghan Taliban has denied the responsibility for the attack, with spokesman Zabiullah Mojahid saying they condemn the suicide attack on civilians.
