(Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan’s embassy within the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, a press release carried by considered one of the militant group’s affiliated channels on Telegram said on Sunday.
The embassy got here under attack on Friday with gunfire wounding a Pakistani security guard, officials said, in what Islamabad called an try to assassinate its head of mission, who was unharmed.
Islamic state claimed the attack was carried by two of its members armed with “medium and sniper weapons” and was targeting the ambassador and his guards who were present on the courtyard of the embassy.
The attack injured no less than one guard and caused damage to the constructing, the group said.
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