A suicide bomber is immolated in a wedding hall full of people in Kabul, causing at least 63 deaths and 182 wounded; a group linked to the Islamic State claimed the attack.

At least 63 people, including women and children, died when a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a crowded wedding hall in Kabul, an Afghan official said.

This is the most fatal attack in the Afghan capital so far this year.

Also, 182 civilians were injured in the attack Saturday night, government spokesman Feroz Bashari said.

Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi confirmed the number of fatalities as relatives of the victims began to bury their loved ones.

Some people helped dig the graves with their own hands.

The Taliban condemned the attacks and denied any involvement.

Both the Taliban and the Islamic State have carried out large-scale attacks in the past.

The residents of Kabul were outraged that the violence does not seem to end even now that the United States and the Taliban are in talks to reach an agreement to end the 18-year conflict, America’s longest war.

The explosion occurred in a western neighborhood of Kabul where many of the country’s Hazara Shiite minority communities live.

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for many attacks against Shiites in the past.

A statement by the extremist group posted Sunday on a website linked to that organization indicated that a Pakistani militiaman seeking martyrdom attacked a large Shiite gathering in Kabul.

The statement also stated that after the suicide bombing, a car bomb was detonated in the attack, but Afghan authorities have not confirmed this.

The attacker detonated his explosives near the stage where the musicians were playing.

Ahmad Omid, a survivor, said some 1,200 guests attended his father’s cousin’s wedding.