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Dozens Killed in Kabul Suicide Bombing

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack on a voter registration center.

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Mohammad Ismail/Reuters

At least 48 people were killed and 112 injured Sunday when a blast tore through a voter registration center in Kabul. A suicide bomber reportedly targeted a group of people waiting in line to pick up their ID cards ahead of a planned parliamentary election. “There were women, children. Everyone had come to get their identity cards,” a witness named Bashir Ahmad told Reuters. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying it was aimed at Shiite “apostates.”

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