Islamic State claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide blast outside the Afghan foreign ministry on Wednesday, the militant group's Amaq news agency said in an affiliated Telegram channel.
A suicide bomber killed at least five people in the attack, police said, and a nearby hospital said over 40 people were wounded.
Amaq claimed that the suicide bombing killed and wounded scores of people including diplomats.
(Reporting by Mahmoud Mourad and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
