IS claims responsibility for blasts in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 29 (ANI): The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the twin explosions in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, local media reported.
Two explosions rocked Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province on Thursday, leaving at least 9 people killed and 13 injured.
One of the blasts was staged near an educational facility while another one hit a vehicle.
This is the latest in a series of bombings to shake Afghanistan and comes just days after a blast at a Shia mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif that killed at least 12 worshippers and wounded scores more.
The IS branch, Islamic State – Khorasan Province, has been operating in Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan since 2015. The group has claimed responsibility for multiple bloody attacks.
A separate bomb attack in the northern city of Kunduz last week targeted the minority community and killed at least 36 people at Friday prayers. (ANI)