On 1 July 2018, a suicide bomber detonated in the center of the eastern Afghan city of

Jalalabad Jalalabad (; Dari/ ps, جلال‌آباد, ) is the fifth-largest city of Afghanistan. It has a population of about 356,274, and serves as the capital of Nangarhar Province in the eastern part of the country, about from the capital Kabul. Jala ...

, killing 20 people, mainly Sikhs and

Hindus Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

, and injuring 20 others.

Responsibility

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it targeted Afghan Special Forces. In a further statement they said that 60 Afghan soldiers and "polytheists" were killed and wounded in an operation in the city of

References

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