Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul attack that killed 20 people

RIYADH/KABUL - Islamic State on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack on Taliban forces in Kabul.

The militant group said on Telegram that

the attack on Sunday

had killed 20 people and wounded 30.

A spokesman for Afghanistan’s Taliban-run interior ministry said an explosion outside the military airport in the capital Kabul had caused multiple casualties.

The interior ministry denied the casualty figures claimed by Islamic State, which is also known as ISIS, and said it would release the official death toll.

Islamic State has claimed several high-profile attacks in Kabul, including

the storming of a hotel

that caters to Chinese businessmen and a shooting at Pakistan’s embassy that Islamabad called an assassination attempt against its ambassador, who escaped unharmed. REUTERS