Three of these attacks were claimed by the Islamic State terrorist group. At least sixteen people were killed in four bomb attacks in Afghanistan, according to a new report from the authorities, Thursday, May 26. Three of these attacks on Wednesday took place against minibuses in Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan), in the north of the country. The fourth attack targeted a mosque in the capital, Kabul.
In Mazar-i-Sharif, at least ten people died and about fifteen others were injured, according to the police and the health services. In Kabul, the attack targeting a mosque killed six people and injured 18 others, according to a latest report from the capital’s police.
The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility for the Mazar-i-Sharif attacks on Wednesday evening. “Caliphate soldiers detonated two bombs placed on two buses (…) and a third bomb on a third bus”, ISIS said via its Telegram channels. The explosion in Kabul has not been claimed at this stage.
