In Afghanistan, at least 41 people were killed and nearly 50 others injured in a suicide bombing attack on a Shiite cultural centre in the Afghan capital today.
Officials said the victims included 17 media persons. Deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Nasrat Rahimi, said women and students were also among the casualties of the attack.
The Islamic State terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack took place near an office of the National Directorate of Security today when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the entrance to the Tebyan Centre in the Pul-i-Sokhta neighbourhood of Kabul which houses the Afghan Voice news agency.
President Ashraf Ghani in a statement has denounced the attack as a “crime against humanity.”
Today’s bombing follows an attack on a private television station in Kabul last month, which was also claimed by IS.
