“ISIS-Khorasan made a statement about a suicide bombing near the Russian embassy in Kabul,” the report says.
On September 5, in Kabul, in the immediate vicinity of the entrance to the consular department of the Russian Embassy, a militant set off an explosive device.
As a result of the terrorist attack, two employees of the diplomatic mission were killed, and there are also victims among Afghan citizens.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed the hope that those responsible for the attack would be punished in the near future.
Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaki said that all necessary measures to investigate the attack would be taken.
* "Islamic State" (ISIS, ISIL) - the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.