Islamic State claims attack on Kabul restaurant that killed seven, including Chinese national

The so-called Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least seven people, including a Chinese national.

The militant group said in a statement posted on its Aamaq news agency late on Monday that a suicide bomber entered a restaurant frequented by Chinese nationals in Kabul and detonated an explosive vest during a gathering.

It said that 25 people were killed or wounded in the attack, including Taliban guards, but those details couldn’t be independently verified.

Afghan authorities haven’t officially confirmed the cause of Monday’s explosion and Interior Ministry spokesperson Mufti Abdul Mateen Qani said on Tuesday that it was still being investigated.

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