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IS attack on Kabul protest kills at least 61, wounds 207

Kashmir Times. Dated: 7/24/2016 11:01:02 AM

KABUL, July 23 (Agencies): At least 61 people were killed and another 207 wounded in the Afghan capital on Saturday, when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed clothing among a large crowd of demonstrators, officials and witnesses said.
In a statement issued by its news agency, Aamaq, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack on a protest march by Afghanistan's ethnic Hazaras. The marchers were demanding that a major regional electric power line be routed through their impoverished home province. Most Hazaras are Shia Muslims, while most Afghans are Sunni.