14 killed in Kabul airport attack, IS claims responsibility

A spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry says that 14 people, including both civilians and military forces, have been killed in the suicide attack near Kabul’s airport shortly after the country’s controversial first vice president landed on his return from abroad.

An Afghan police pickup truck transports injured victims following a suicide attack in Kabul on July 22, 2018. (AFP/NOORULLAH SHIRZADA)

Najib Danish adds that 50 other people were wounded in the attack.

The Islamic State group claims responsibility for the attack on its Aamaq News Agency.

Afghan president Ashraf Ghani strongly condemned the attack in a statement released by the presidential place.

— AP

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