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IS claims it carried out Kabul raid

The Islamic State group claimed a brutal shooting at one of Afghanistan鈥檚 main universities on Monday that killed at least 22 people.

鈥淭wo Islamic State fighters managed to attack a gathering set up by the Afghan government at the Kabul University for the graduation of judges and investigators after completing a course at the university,鈥 the group鈥檚 propaganda arm Amaq said.

鈥淭he two fighters targeted the graduates with automatic weapons ... then clashed with security forces鈥 guarding the ceremony as well as reinforcements, it added.

Monday鈥檚 attack, which came as violence surges across Afghanistan, marked the second time in less than two weeks that an educational institution was targeted in the capital.


 

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