Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul airport blasts
by Jason Burke from on (#5NT7R)
Analysis: Affiliate known as Islamic State Khorasan Province, or ISKP, poses acute' and persistent' threat, says US
The claim of responsibility from the Islamic State for the devastating suicide bombing at Kabul airport came as little surprise to analysts. The organisation's affiliate in Afghanistan known as Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), had been pointed to as the prime suspect immediately after the blast.
The IS official Amaq news agency said on its Telegram channel that a member called Abdul Rahman al-Logari carried out the martyrdom operation near Kabul Airport". The name suggests the killer of at least 12 US servicemen and more than 60 civilians was Afghan.
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