on Tuesday 3 September, 2024
ISIS claims responsibility for deadly Kabul blast
Afghan men walk near the site a day after a suicide bomber triggered explosives in front of the General Directorate for Monitoring and Follow-up of Decrees and Directives, in Kabul on September 3, 2024. (Reuters)
ISIS claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a deadly explosion in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul a day earlier.
In a post on its Telegram account, the militant group said one of its members detonated an explosive vest, killing and injuring more than 45 people.
On Monday, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran had said the blast killed six people and wounded 13 others.
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