A suicide bomber in Kabul kills dozens of people at a meeting of clerics

A suicide attack on a rally of religious scholars in Kabul, the Afghan capital, killed at least 43 people, officials said.

At least 83 other people were injured during the religious meeting in the Uranus Hall on the occasion of the Prophet Muhammad's birthday.

This is one of the deadliest attacks in Kabul in recent months.

Nobody recognized the responsibility for the blast, but the Islamic State group said that it was behind most of the deadliest attacks.

Continued attacks by the Taliban have also increased pressure on the security forces.

Basir Mujahid, a spokesman for the Kabul police, said: "Hundreds of Islamic scholars and their supporters have come together to recite verses from the Qur'an to observe the Eid Milad Festival. -a-Nabi at the private banquet hall. "

A hall official said the suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of the rally.

According to the Ministry of Health, 1TV News, 24 of the wounded are seriously injured.

The Islamic State group claimed to be behind two attacks in Kabul in August that killed dozens of people.

Dozens of people were also killed across the country as voters voted in the country's parliamentary elections in October.

However, recent initiatives have been taken to try to end decades of war.

This month, Taliban militants attended for the first time an international meeting organized by Russia to discuss the issue.

The power and reach of the Taliban has increased since foreign combat troops left Afghanistan in 2014.

But the Islamic State group in Afghanistan, sometimes called the Islamic State Khorasan, is also very active.

The deaths and injuries of civilians reached record highs. The number of conflict victims, which began in 2001, is the highest since the UN started keeping records in 2009.