Death toll from Kabul wedding attack rises to at least 80, official says

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The suicide bombing renewed concerns that the growing threat by the Islamic State affiliate will mean little peace for Afghan civilians despite the U.S.-Taliban negotiations

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.The death toll in a suicide bombing at a Kabul wedding claimed by the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan has risen to 80, an official said Wednesday, as a U.S. envoy was set to resume talks with the Taliban on ending America’s longest war.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that about 13,000 U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan. He wants to bring at least some of them home before next year’s election. The top Taliban demand is for the estimated 20,000 U.S. and allied forces to leave, a prospect that has created widespread concern that another civil war in Afghanistan could follow as various armed parties jostle for power.

There have been calls for transparency in the talks, especially from Afghan women, who fear that the progress they have made in a generation since the Taliban’s harsh rule could be bargained away.

 

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