Accessories of the Global Arrogance conducted the Tuesday evening suicide attack in the Afghan capital Kabul with the sponsorship of the US and Zionist intelligence services, an official affiliated with the country's Welfare Party said on Wednesday.

The Afghan authorities were struggling yesterday to identify the group behind a suicide bomb attack that killed at least 55 people at a gathering of religious scholars in Kabul after the Taliban denied any responsibility.

A suicide attack has taken place in the vicinity of Shash Darak area of Kabul city earlier today.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned a terrorist attack on a Shiite gathering in the Afghan capital of Kabul that killed at least seven people on Friday.