Kabul, June 19
that attack demanded by the Islamic State on gurdwara in The Afghan capital, Kabul on Saturday killed at least two people Seven were wounded, officials said.
On our affiliate Telegram channel, the local branch of The Islamic State said attack I was in Responding to insults directed at the Prophet Muhammad, in clear reference to Hindi’s statements government The spokeswoman condemned by many of the Muslim majority countries.
gray smoke rising over The area in Pictures broadcast by the local station Tolo. A spokesman for the Taliban interior ministry said the attackers carried a car with Explosives but detonated before it reached its target.
gurdwara officialGurnam Singh, there were about 30 people inside building in time.
Spokesman for Kabul commander said one A Sikh devotee was murdered in The attack And the one One of his forces was killed by a Taliban fighter took control of The area.
since taking power in In August, the Taliban say they have beefed up security in Afghanistan and removed The country is out of militant threats, though international Officials and analysts say that risk of back in strictness remains.
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for some of the attacks in recent months.
The group He said a suicide bomber stormed the temple on Armed Saturday morning with a machine gun And grenades after that killing his guard.
Other armed killers for more of three hours with Taliban fighters who try to intervene To protect the temple and target them with Four explosive charges and a car hardcore group He said.
blast on Sabbath widely condemned as one of a series of attacks targeting minorities, with A statement from neighboring Pakistan said, government was ‘seriously concerned In the last wave of terrorist attacks on Places of Worship in Afghanistan”.
Sikhs are a small religious minority in Muslim-majority Afghanistan, which had about 300 families before the country fell to the Taliban. Since then a lot leftaccording to the members of The community And the media.
Like other religious minorities, the Sikhs have been a constant target of hnf in Afghanistan. that attack In another gurdwara in Kabul in The year 2020 that killed 25 was also demanded by the Islamic State.
Saturday’s explosion followed an explosion at a mosque in North city of Kunduz the day before who was killed one And two people were wounded, according to the authorities. Reuters
