Dozens dead in rare attacks on Shiite targets in Afghanistan

View Photo Gallery — A suicide bomber killed scores of people in Kabul, the Afghan capital, on Tuesday after detonating explosives outside a packed Shiite mosque as throngs of worshippers observed a religious holiday.

By Ernesto Londoño and Javed Hamdard, Updated: Tuesday, December 6, 9:56 AM

KABUL — A suicide bomber killed at least 54 people in the Afghan capital on Tuesday after detonating explosives outside a packed Shiite mosque as throngs of worshipers observed a religious holiday, police and a government official said.