Afghanistan blames ISI for 'sophisticated and complex' Kabul restaurant attack

Afghanistan's National Security Council has blamed 'foreign intelligence services' of being behind deadly attack on a restaurant in Kabul on Friday.

The council said that ordinary Taliban could not have carried out such sophisticated and complex attacks.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide attack in central Kabul, which killed 21 people, including the local IMF chief and citizens of at least nine nationalities.

According to the BBC, the attack saw a suicide attacker detonate explosives outside the gate of the heavily fortified Taverna du Liban, and then two gunmen entered the restaurant and started shooting.

The gunmen were eventually shot dead by the security forces when they arrived at the scene.