Afghan President announced the death toll from bombings targeting the holy day of Ashura in Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Tuesday has climbed to 80

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai announced Sunday that the death toll from bombings targeting the holy day of Ashura in Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Tuesday has climbed to 80.

"The Ashura incident happened at a time that the people of Afghanistan were happy after a successful Bonn conference," Karzai said during a speech in the capital, referring to the international meeting in Germany on his country's future. "Unfortunately the blast in Ashura martyred 80 people. The death toll has reached 80... It was either hitting our happiness or a wider policy is involved behind it."