The extreme organization "Islamic State" announced that it was responsible for the explosion near the Russian embassy in the Russian embassy, and the explosion has caused 6 deaths

Polar News reporter Manda

Intern Luo Yan

On September 5th, in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, a suicide bomb attacker detonated a bomb near the Russian embassy in the Russian embassy, ​​killing 6 people, including two Russian embassy staff. The extreme organization "Islamic State (IS)" claims to be responsible for the terrorist attack. According to the Peninsula TV Station, the attack was the first terrorist attack on the Taliban's first -time Taliban in August 2021.

The injured person in the explosion (picture source: Peninsula TV station)

On the morning of September 5, local time, a suicide bomb attacker detonated the explosion near the entrance of the Russian Embassy in the Kabul, causing 6 people to die. Among them, two Russian embassy workers were killed, and the other four were civilians in Afghanistan.

The extreme organization "Islamic State (IS)" announced later that it was responsible for the terrorist attack.

Peninsula TV reports that a series of explosions have recently occurred in Afghanistan, and most of them are implemented by "Islamic State (IS)", mainly for Taliban or a few groups of mosques, especially Shiites Muslims. However, the terrorist attack on Monday seems to be the first time since the Taliban took over in August 2021.

In an interview with Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov, he attacked the attack "absolutely unacceptable".

UN Secretary -General Antonio Gutres strongly condemned the attack and expressed condolences to the victims and their families in a statement.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that after the attack, the embassy strengthened security measures. "We hope that the organizers and perpetrators of the horror behavior will be punished." Lavrov said.

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