A series of bombings in Kabul has killed dozens of people in recent months and show no sign of easing [Omar Sobhani/[Reuters]
Daily Mail: Afghanistan's top religious body issues a FATWA banning suicide attacks – and is then targeted by a suicide bomber, who kills at least seven people near their tent
* A suicide bombing targeted a gathering of Afghanistan's top clerics in Kabul
* The bomber detonated his explosives near the entrance of a compound
* It was where religious body, known as the Afghan Ulema Council, was meeting
* Shortly before the attack, the clerics issued a fatwa against suicide bombings
* No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on Monday
Afghanistan's top religious body issued a fatwa against suicide bombings today, around an hour before its clerics were targeted by a bomber who killed at least seven people.
The bomber detonated his explosives near where the religious body, known as the Afghan Ulema Council, was meeting.
The bomber detonated at about 11.30 am at the gates of Kabul's Polytechnic University, police and officials said.
The Loya Jirga tent where thousands of clerics from across Afghanistan were meeting is on the campus.
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WNU Editor: The casualty numbers are increasing .... At Least 14 Killed by Blast Near Gathering of Afghan Clerics in Kabul – Police (Sputnik).
More News On Today's Suicide Bomber Attack In Kabul
Suicide bomber kills at least eight after Afghan clerics outlaw suicide bombings -- Reuters
Islamic clerics hit by bomber right after suicide attack "fatwa" -- CBS/AP
Muslim Clerics Bombed Hours After Declaring Fatwa on Suicide Attacks in Afghanistan -- Newsweek
Bomber attacks meeting of Islamic scholars in Afghanistan -- CNN
Kabul religious gathering hit by deadly suicide bombing -- Al Jazeera
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