The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a wedding reception in Afghanistan`s capital, Kabul, has risen to 80, two senior officials said on Wednesday. The initial death toll after the Saturday night blast was 63, but some of the wounded had died, said Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman at the interior ministry.

Death toll from Afghan wedding blast rises to 80: Officials

The groom of a wedding in western Kabul that was hit by a suicide blast that killed dozens told media on Monday his happiness has been "taken away".

'They took my happiness away'- Afghan groom after Islamic State attack on his wedding

At least 63 people are feared dead and over 182 injured following a deadly suicide-bomb blast in Darulaman area of Kabul city on Saturday night, a senior Afghan official said.

63 killed, 182 injured as blast rips through wedding party in Afghanistan's Kabul

At least 20 people were wounded in a blast at a Kabul wedding late Saturday, a local hospital said, while a witness said he had seen many dead bodies at the scene.

Many feared dead as bomb rips through wedding party in Afghanistan's Kabul

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