Islamic State Claims Afghanistan Suicide Bomb Attack That Killed 6

A traffic police officer guides vehicles on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan. A suicide bomber detonated himself in Kabul killing at least half a dozen people and injuring more than dozen others. (Image: Reuters/Representative)

Islamic State said it targeted the Taliban government's prosecution service and said that suicide bomber waited for the employees to exit to detonate the bomb.

The Islamic State on Tuesday claimed a suicide attack in the Afghan capital that killed six people a day earlier, saying it had targeted the Taliban government’s prosecution service.

The Islamic State’s Amaq media wing said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app that “the suicide bomber waited until the time when the prosecutor’s employees were leaving their shifts” before detonating in the middle of a crowd.

On Monday night, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said six people had been killed and 13 more were wounded in the bombing on the capital’s southern outskirts.

However the militant group’s media wing put the combined figure of dead and wounded at “more than 45” and said the bombing was committed “to avenge Muslims held in Taliban prisons”.

Violence has waned in Afghanistan since the 2021 Taliban takeover, but the regional chapter of the Islamic State group has frequently targeted foreigners, civilians and Taliban officials.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed - AFP)