ISIS claimed responsibility for the suicide attack in Kandahar

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kandahar: Daesh has said that a suicide bomber of this group detonated his explosive vest yesterday morning (Thursday, March 21) in the middle of the gathering of the Islamic Emirate in front of a government bank in the city of Kandahar.

 

This group named its suicide bomber "Muawiyah Panjshiri".

 

Yesterday morning, an explosion occurred in front of the "New Kabul Bank" office in the first district of Kandahar city.

 

Officials of the Islamic Emirate in Kandahar said that four people were killed and 12 were injured in this explosion.

 

The Kandahar Security Command said that the explosion occurred when people gathered to withdraw money in front of the "New Kabul Bank" office.

 

The Ministry of Interior has also said that this explosion was the work of "Khawarij". The Islamic Emirate calls ISIS Khawarij.

 

According to Al-Mursad (a media outlet close to the Islamic Emirate), this attack was planned by Pakistani intelligence and carried out by agents of the Khorasan branch of ISIS.

 

This media also claims that after the defeat of this group in Afghanistan, the headquarters of ISIS's Khorasan branch has been moved to Pakistan and is in direct and indirect contact with some of Afghanistan's neighboring countries.