KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bombing targeted a gathering of Afghanistan’s top clerics on Monday in Kabul, killing at least seven people and wounding 20, the police said. Shortly before the attack struck, the clerics had issued a fatwa against suicide bombings and urged peace talks to end the Afghan war. Shortly before the attack, the clerics had issued an Islamic ruling, or a fatwa, declaring that suicide attacks are “haram” — forbidden under Islamic law. The Taliban have managed to seize control of several districts across the country and regularly target Kabul, the capital. Though the U.S. formally ended the combat mission, thousands of American troops remain in Afghanistan in a counterterrorism and supporting role.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 04, 2018 12:22 UTC