Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on Shi’ite mosque in Kabul

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on the Imam Zaman mosque. (File Photo)

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on the Imam Zaman mosque in the Kabul’s western Dasht-e-Barchi district, which killed at least 39 people, the group said in a statement on Saturday. The group said in the statement that a suicide bomber had detonated a vest. It did not provide evidence to support its claim.