[ad_1]
The death toll in an Islamic State suicide bombing at the entrance of Afghanistan capital's capital Kabul has climbed to at least 23, an official says.
At least 107 others were injured as a suicide bomber struck minutes after The convoy of Afghan Vice President General Abdul Rasheed Dostum, who had returned from exile on Sunday, had passed the area, an official from the Public Health Ministry, who spoke on condition of anonymity,
Among the dead were a driver for Agence France-Presse (AFP), Mohammad Akhtar, who has been working for the agency for the past 11 years, AFP confirmed.
His death comes less than three months after Shah Marai, chief AFP photographer, was killed in another Islamic State Attack on April 30.
The explosion hit as Dostum's fans gathered to greet him on his arrival after spending 14 months in Turkey. He was not harmed in the attack, having passed through the area about 15 minutes before.
Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish had said on Sunday that the suicide bomber was identified by police but he detonated his explosive vest before he could be safely apprehended.
Islamic State Activists Affected Responsibility for the Attack Through Telegram Channel Affiliated with the Group.
Dostum, an ethnic Uzbek leader, left Afghanistan in May 2017
Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish, the powerful former governor of northern Balkan province Atta Mohammad Noor, and ethnic Hazara leader Mohammad Mohaqeq, among others
Source link
