Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan that killed and wounded dozens of people on Tuesday, the group s official agency AMAQ said on Wednesday.
"About 50 Shia were killed and 80 wounded in an attack by Islamic State militants yesterday on a Husseiniya in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan," AMAQ said.
Officials on Tuesday said the attack had killed more than 29 people and wounded at least 64.
