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Comment on Islamic State suicide bomber strikes wedding in Kabul by Shahida
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Comments for FDD's Long War Journal
A Twitter account operated by “Zabihullah Mujahid” (one or more men who serve as the Taliban’s spokesman) published a short message saying the “Islamic Emirate strongly condemns explosion targeting civilians inside a hotel in #Kabul city.” By contrast, the Islamic State has no such concerns about how its violence is portrayed, and deliberately targets Shiite civilians as part of its appeal to the ultra-radicals within the Sunni jihadist community who have a fetish for Shiite blood. [See FDD’s Long War Journal report, Taliban and Islamic State cause majority of civilian casualties in Afghan war, UN finds.]