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Kabul blasts: Islamic State group claims responsibility

WION Web Team
New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaUpdated: Dec 28, 2017, 10:38 AM IST
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The statement also noted that the group targeted the centre with "three bombs followed by a suicide," noted an AFP report. Image via Google Maps. Photograph:(Others)

A suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan killed about 40 people on Thursday.

Several were reported injured after multiple explosions occurred near a Shiite cultural centre.  

The Islamic State group has now claimed responsibility for the bombing. 

The extremist group released a statement confirming the same on its propaganda outlet, Amaq.

The statement also noted that the group targeted the centre with "three bombs followed by a suicide," noted an AFP report.