Afghanistan: Islamic State claims responsibility for explosion that killed 80 people in Kabul
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an explosion during a protest in Afghanistan, which killed at least 80 people and left at least 260 more injured.
CNN reports that the death toll in the capital city of Kabul has reached 80 people as the Islamic State claims three suicide bombers carried out the attack in the crowd of protestors.
According to the BBC, the attack targeted thousands from the Shia Hazara minority who gathered for a protest at Deh Mazang square.
“Two fighters from Islamic State detonated explosive belts at a gathering of Shi’ites in…the city of Kabul in Afghanistan,” IS-linked news agency Amaq said, according to Aljazeera.