Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) has claimed responsibility for Monday’s suicide bombing in Kabul. The blast occurred not far from the entrance to the Russian embassy in the Afghan capital and killed 25 people, including two embassy staff members.
The terrorist group claimed that the attack was carried out by a foreign fighter. According to some reports, the attack was launched by a local Islamic State offshoot, ISIS-K.
It is the first attack on a diplomatic mission in Afghanistan claimed by ISIS since the 2021 Taliban takeover. Earlier, the Russian Investigative Committee confirmed that an assistant secretary and a security guard – both Russian nationals – were killed in the blast.
Most casualties, according to media accounts, were Afghans waiting in line for visas. According to Sergey Lavrov, the foreign minister of Russia, security at the embassy has been boosted in the aftermath of the assault. The dead embassy employees were also remembered with a moment of silence during Lavrov’s meetings with Sirojiddin Muhriddin of Tajikistan in Moscow.
Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan a year ago, Russia has been one of the few countries to keep a diplomatic post there.
Since the takeover in 2021, Afghanistan has had several terrorist incidents, which the Taliban have blamed on ISIS-K. During evening prayers in a Kabul mosque in mid-August, a large explosion occurred, leaving scores of people dead.
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