80 dead as IS claims twin blasts in Kabul

KABUL: IS claimed responsibility for twin explosions on Saturday that ripped through crowds of Hazaras in Kabul, killing at least 80 people and wounding 231 others in apparently their deadliest attack in the Afghan capital.

The bombings during a huge protest over a power transmission line could deepen sectarian divisions in a country, well known for communal harmony despite decades of war.

The scene of the attack was littered with charred bodies and dismembered limbs, with ambulances struggling to reach the scene as authorities had overnight blocked key intersections with stacked shipping containers to impede movement of the protesters.

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