Extremists bomb march in Afghan capital, killing at least 80

KABUL — At least 80 people were killed and another 231 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 militant group has been building a presence along Afghanistan’s eastern border with Pakistan, mostly in Nangarhar province, for the past year.

Footage on Afghan television and photographs posted on social media showed a scene of horror and carnage, with numerous bodies and body parts spread across Kabul’s Demazang Square.