KABUL – A suicide bomber in the Afghan capital caused dozens of casualtieson Thursday after blowing himself up close to a group of security personnelwho were carrying out an operation against illegal drugs and alcoholdealing, officials said.
Islamic State, which has claimed a series of attacks in Kabul over the pasttwo years, issued a statement on its Amaq news agency saying it wasresponsible.
It said a suicide bomber targeting a group of police and intelligenceservice personnel had detonated an explosive vest, killing or woundingaround 80 of them.