Afghan security forces keep watch at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan December 28, 2017.REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
KABUL (Reuters) - Suicide bombers stormed a Shi'ite cultural centre and news agency in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing more than 40 people and wounding scores, many of them students attending a conference.
Islamic State said in an online statement that it was responsible for the attack, saying the centre received support from Iran. It was the latest in a series that the movement has claimed on Shi'ite targets in Kabul.
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