Apr 22, 2018

57 dead in ISIS suicide bombing in Kabul

People gather at the site of a bombing in Kabul. Photo: Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

ISIS has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing outside a voter registration center in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday. The bombing targets "a project of key importance to the credibility of President Ashraf Ghani's Western-backed government, which has pledged to hold parliamentary elections this year," reports Israeli news outlet Haaretz.

The latest: Per the AP, the attack killed 57 people and injured more than 100 others — most of whom were waiting in line to collect voter identification cards.

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