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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Attack On Iraqi Embassy In Afghanistan

The Islamic State says its fighters carried out the attack on the embassy compound in Kabul, which began with a bomb explosion at the gates and ended with an hours-long gun battle.
Security forces respond at the site of an attack on the Iraqi Embassy in Kabul. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility. / Shutterstock.com

Attackers in the Afghan capital attempted to storm the Iraqi Embassy Monday, setting off a bomb before gunmen rushed the compound's gate. The Islamic State has claimed

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