Islamic State claims responsibility for attack near Iraqi embassy in Kabul

Afghan security forces battled gunmen near a police compound and the nearby Iraqi embassy on Monday.

Islamic State claimed responsibility on Monday for a suicide attack that targeted the Iraqi embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul, the group’s Amaq news agency reported.

Afghan policemen arrive at the site of a suicide blast near Iraq's embassy in Kabul on July 31, 2017. (AFP Photo)

Afghan security forces battled gunmen near a police compound and the nearby Iraqi embassy on Monday. They said the attackers appeared to have taken cover in the embassy building in a business district of the city, from where smoke could be seen rising.