Suicide blasts at Shi’ite shrines kill 59

TWIN blasts at Afghan shrines on the Shi’ite holy day of Ashura left at least 59 people dead.

Suicide blasts at Shi’ite shrines kill 59

Most were killed in a massive suicide attack in Kabul that ripped through a crowd of worshippers, which killed 55 and wounded 134, plus a second in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.

The attacks came a day after an international meeting in Germany on the future of Afghanistan following 10 years of war.

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