ISLAMABAD (AP) China on Tuesday advised its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country “as soon as possible," following a coordinated attack by Islamic State militants the previous day on a Chinese-owned hotel in the heart of Kabul.
Taliban authorities pledged to step up security at Shia mosques after the second Islamic State attack in a week on worshippers killed more than 40 people in the Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that killed 47 people and wounded scores more.
The attack happened at a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan during Friday prayers. A Islamic State affiliate last week claimed credit for a bombing at a mosque.