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ISIS-claimed attack on Iraq embassy in Kabul kills 2

Two people died in an attack on the Iraqi embassy in Kabul claimed by the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS), AFP reported Tuesday (August 1st).

On Monday a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the embassy, allowing at least three other militants to breach the compound unleashing an hours-long gun battle.

Afghan officials initially said that no one had been killed in the assault, but the interior ministry later confirmed that two people -- a woman and a guard -- had died and two policemen were injured.

All embassy staff including Iraqi chargé d'affairs were "unharmed", interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish said.

Security experts characterised the attack as a warning to Baghdad after it pushed ISIS out of Mosul, and said it could suggest a growing operational link between the group and its Afghan affiliate, Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-K).

IS-K claimed responsibility for the Kabul attack, according to a statement by ISIS's central propaganda agency Amaq.

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