Swaraj meets relatives of Afghanistan terror attack victims

External Affairs Minster Sushma Swaraj today met the relatives of some of the victims of the Afghanistan terror attack in which at least 19 people, including Sikhs, were killed.

The minister condemned the suicide attack in Afghanistan's Jalalabad yesterday that killed 13 members from the Afghan Sikh community, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.

"EAM @SushmaSwaraj expressed sincere condolences during her meeting with a delegation of representatives of SGPC (Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee), Sikh community from Afghanistan and relatives of the victims," Kumar tweeted after the meeting which took place in the evening at JN Bhavan here.

The bomber targeted a minority communities delegation as it was travelling to the governor's residence in the eastern city of Jalalabad for a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani.

Avtar Singh Khalsa, a longtime leader of the Sikh community, was among those killed. Another 20 people were wounded.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan that killed at least 19 people, mostly Sikhs and Hindus.