(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –A suicide bomb attack on a gathering of religious scholars in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed at least 50 people.
At least 83 people were also wounded as the clerics met at the Uranus wedding hall, a large banqueting complex near the airport, to mark the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad.
It is one of the deadliest attacks in Kabul in recent months.
No-one has yet claimed it was behind the blast.
So-called Islamic State and the Taliban have carried out a string of attacks in recent years.
But the Taliban has denied involvement and condemned the attack.
