ISIS Claims Responsibility For Suicide Bomb Attack In Kabul

<p>ISIS is claiming responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that killed at least 80 people in Kabul on Saturday.</p><p><a href="http://usa.hir-portal.hu/news/afghan-interior-ministry-says-death-toll-in-bomb-attack-on-kabul-protest-rises-to-80-231-people-wounded" target="_blank">More than 200</a>&nbsp;people were also injured from the explosion.</p><p>Two ISIS fighters detonated suicide belts among members of a peaceful demonstration in the Afghan capital.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/deadly-bombing-strikes-demonstration-kabul-afghanistan/" target="_blank">Reports say</a>&nbsp;a third fighter attempted to detonate a bomb but was stopped by security forces.</p><p><b>SEE MORE: <a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/how-isis-distorts-the-teachings-of-islam/">How ISIS Distorts The Teachings Of Islam</a></b></p><p><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/deadly-bombing-strikes-demonstration-kabul-afghanistan/" target="_blank">CBS News reports</a>&nbsp;the attack targeted members of the Hazara, a Shiite minority group. The group was demanding that a power line be routed to their home province.</p><p>The Hazara have historically faced&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/23/hazara-minority-targeted-by-suicide-bombs-at-kabul-protest" target="_blank">discrimination and persecution</a>&nbsp;in Afghanistan and have been targets of ISIS and the Taliban.</p><p>Saturday&#39;s attack is one of the deadliest in the nation&#39;s capital in more than a decade.</p><p><i>This video includes a clip from&nbsp;</i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llRPDfJ0LhU&ab_channel=TOLOnews" target="_blank"><i>TOLOnews</i></a><i>&nbsp;and images from Getty Images.</i></p><hr><b>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com">Newsy.com</a></b><ul class="inline-related-links"><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/munich-shooter-was-under-psychiatric-care-so-how-did-he-get-a-gun/">Munich Shooter Was Under Psychiatric Care. So How Did He Get A Gun?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/turkey-s-30-day-detention-period-raises-more-eyebrows-after-coup/">Turkey&#039;s 30-Day Detention Period Raises More Eyebrows After Coup</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/meet-graham-he-s-designed-to-survive-a-car-crash-and-teach-a-lesson/">Meet Graham He&#039;s Designed To Survive A Car Crash And Teach A Lesson</a></li></ul>