At least eight people were killed after a suicide bomber exploded a device near a gathering of Muslim clerics calling for peace in the Afghan capital, Kabul police said Monday.

Axar.az informs DS.

The explosion took place as the clerics were leaving a giant tent in the west of Kabul where they had gathered to denounce terrorism and call for peace, security officials said.

Details of casualties were not immediately known.

A series of bombings in Kabul that has killed dozens of people in recent months has shown no sign of easing during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.