Afghan president: Toll from Shiite attack now 80
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KABUL, DEC 11 -
Afghanistan's president says the death toll from attacks on Shiites last week has risen to about 80.
Hamid Karzai said on Sunday during a speech in Kabul that the attacks were carried out by people seeking to undermine Afghanistan's peace and stability. He did not provide details.
An extremist group blamed for many attacks against Shiites in neighboring Pakistan claimed responsibility for the Dec. 6 suicide bombing in the capital, raising fears it was trying to stoke Shiite-Sunni tensions in Afghanistan.
Karzai did not say if the toll included only the attack in Kabul, or also those killed in another attack against Shiites in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sarif.
The original death toll was 56 killed and more than 160 wounded in Kabul, and four killed in Mazar-i-Sharif.
Posted on: 2011-12-11 03:38
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