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Kabul Attack
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility overnight for a deadly attack at a restaurant in Afghanistan's capital that killed at least seven people Monday, including a Chinese national, as authorities in Kabul said they were still investigating. The militant group said in a statement posted on its Aamaq news agency late Monday that a suicide bomber entered a restaurant frequented by Chinese nationals in the city and detonated an explosive vest during a gathering. It claimed 25 people were killed or wounded in the attack, including Taliban guards. The claim could not be independently verified. Afghan authorities have not officially confirmed the cause of the Monday blast and Interior Ministry spokesperson Mufti Abdul Mateen Qani said Tuesday they are still investigating the explosion. The IS claim corresponded in style to previous ones issued by the group, and supporters of the militants widely shared it early Tuesday. The claim included a further threat against Chinese nationals
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar condemned the "cowardly attack" on a Gurudwara in Kabul and said that India is closely monitoring developments in the Afghan capital.Taking to Twitter, the External Affairs Minister also expressed concern over the welfare of the Sikh community in Afghanistan."The cowardly attack on Gurudwara Karte Parwan should be condemned in the strongest terms by all. We have been closely monitoring developments since the news of the attack was received. Our first and foremost concern is for the welfare of the community," Jaishankar tweeted today.At least two civilians, including a Sikh man and a Muslim security guard, died after unidentified assailants attacked a Gurudwara in Afghanistan's Kabul city today morning.Afghanistan Ministry of Interior (MoI) in an earlier statement said that a number of unknown armed individuals in the early morning entered a Dharmashala. The attackers used a grenade that resulted in injuring two people.Abdul Nafay Takor, a ...