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Afghan wedding suicide blast kills 63, amid hopes for talks

Workers of a wedding hall inspect after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan August 18, 2019. [Reuters]

A suicide bomber killed 63 people and wounded 182 in an attack on a packed wedding reception in the Afghan capital on Saturday night, the interior ministry said, as violence shows no sign of easing despite hopes for a deal on a US troop withdrawal.

The attack came as the Taliban and the United States are trying to negotiate an agreement on the withdrawal of US forces in exchange for a Taliban commitment on security and peace talks with Afghanistan’s US-backed government.

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