The armed group says the attack was carried out with a parcel bomb in Mazar-i-Sharif.
The ISIL (ISIS) armed group claimed responsibility this week for a bomb attack in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif that killed a security guard and injured a group of journalists and children.
Blast targeting media persons The attack was “caused by a parcel bomb that was planted and detonated by IS fighters”, the group said in a statement through its Amaq news agency on Sunday.
“The blast targeted a rally held inside a Shia [Shia] The Center will award several journalists working in agencies involved in the war against IS and provocation.
Police said a security guard was killed, while five journalists and three children were injured in the bomb attack.
Saturday’s attack in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, came two days after A suicide bomber killed the Taliban governor of the same province One attack was also claimed by ISIL.
The killing of governor Mohammad Dawood Muzammil, known for fighting ISIL, marked one of the highest-level attacks since the Taliban took over the country in 2021.
Violence has reduced dramatically across Afghanistan since the Taliban seized control, but the security situation has deteriorated again, with ISIL claiming several fatalities.
ISIL attacks in Afghanistan have often targeted minority Shia and Sufi communities, as well as foreigners and foreign interests.