At least 25 people died and another 40 were injured after several hours of fighting.
The terrorist group Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility on Tuesday night for the suicide attack on a Kabul military hospital in which a few hours earlier at least 25 people died and another 40 were injured after several hours of clashes.
“Five knights of martyrdom have launched today against a military hospital of the apostate Taliban militia in the center of Kabul,” the jihadist organization said in a statement released by its propaganda channels on Telegram, although the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan said that there were six attackers.
According to the IS story, the action began with an explosion caused by a suicide bomber who detonated a belt of explosives in front of the entrance of the Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan military hospital, located in the center of the Afghan capital and with capacity for about 400 beds.
At the same time, another attacker killed the guard of the health center and took his rifle, after which “three other suicide bombers broke into the hospital building and attacked members of the Taliban with machine guns and hand grenades,” according to the terrorist group. .
Finally, they took cover in the building and fought the patrols that came for them, in addition to setting off a car bomb during these clashes, according to their version of events.
“The clashes continued until the suicide bombers died after having caused great damage against the soldiers of the tyranny that reached dozens of dead and wounded,” said the IS, in front of the announcement by the Taliban that two of the six terrorists were caught. with life.
Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan Hospital is Kabul’s main military hospital and is located a few meters from the US Embassy and the Afghan Ministry of Health.
IS has claimed responsibility for attacks in at least eight of the 34 Afghan provinces since the Taliban seized power on August 15, some of them with dozens of deaths, such as the one perpetrated against the Kabul airport that left 170 fatalities or two against Shiite mosques with 80 and 60 dead, respectively. (I)
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