ISIS claims responsibility for the suicide attack in Kabul city

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group offshoot, ISIS Khurasan, has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack in Kabul city.

The group issued a statement claiming that the attack near the intelligence compound in Shash Darak area of Kabul city was carried by a ISIS suicide bomber.

The statement further adds that the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber who has been identified as Moshin Al-Khurasani, claiming that several people were killed or wounded in the attack.

However, the Afghan security officials are saying that six people were killed and three others were wounded in the attack.

The ministry of interior spokesman Najib Danish confirmed the casualties toll and said the main target of the attacker has still not been confirmed.

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China Signs Accord To Start Building 1,400 Apartments

Afghanistan’s Minister of Urban Development and Housing Sayed Saadat Mansour Naderi and the Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Yao Jing on Thursday signed a contract for construction to start on 1,400 apartments in Kabul.

China will fund construction of 10,000 apartments in total with the initial phase totaling 1,400, said Naderi during the signing ceremony.

It is believed that construction work on the apartment buildings will start within two months and that the first phase will be finished in about two years.

The Chinese government has pledged to provide two billion Chinese Yuan (about $300 million USD) for the entire project.

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