isis Kabul blast kills 80

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ISIS claims Afghanistan explosion that kills dozens

By Steve Visser and Masoud Popalzai, CNN

 

(CNN)[Breaking news update, 11:35 a.m.]

The death toll in Saturday's bombing in Kabul has risen to 80, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry. Three suicide attackers carried out the bombing, according to an Afghan security official speaking on condition of anonymity.

[Previous story, published at 11:30 a.m.]

ISIS is claiming responsibility for killing dozens of people during a peaceful demonstration by a minority group in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday.

"I saw tens of people laying down in blood around me and hundreds of people running away from the scene," said Fatima Faizi, an Afghan freelance journalist.

So far, 64 bodies and more than 260 wounded people were taken to hospitals in Kabul, according to Ismail Kawoosi, a spokesman for the Afghan Health Ministry

The attack, the worst in terms of casualties in several weeks, drew attention to ISIS instead of the Taliban, which had been credited with recent bombings.

Two ISIS fighters detonated their suicide belts among the protesters, according to ISIS' media wing, Amaq.

The jihadist terrorist group has been stepping up attacks worldwide -- and most recenlty in Afghanistan -- while losing territory in its self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria.

The blast in Kabul on Saturday afternoon happened during a demonstration by members of the Hazara, a Shiite minority group, near the Afghan Parliament building and Kabul University.

 

U.S. and other diplomats were barred from traveling by road the short distance from the city's international airport to their diplomatic missions. Instead, they are ferried by helicopter.

Meanwhile, the 14-year war against the Taliban in the countryside is as bloody as ever. While the Taliban is the dominant insurgent force in the central Asia country, ISIS has been establishing a presence.

[Jimmy Snacks]

Coming to a street near us soon....fucking savages need to be eradicated by any means necessary.

[Rod]

They're just misunderstood 

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2 minutes ago, Biggie Smails said:

Coming to a street near us soon....fucking savages need to be eradicated by any means necessary.

That's what I think is coming, too. I'm really kind of surprised we haven't seen a big one here yet.

[Dave]

Give them all the goats they can handle...should put us in thier good books.

[racer254]

2 minutes ago, DAVE said:

Give them all the goats they can handle...should put us in thier good books.

We definitely shouldn't be arming rebels or others with anything more than small arms if at all. 

[Momorider]

9 hours ago, Biggie Smails said:

Coming to a street near us soon....fucking savages need to be eradicated by any means necessary.

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