ISIL claims Kabul bus attack targeting Shia Muslims

A street view of the predominately Shia Dasht-e-Barchi district in west Kabul, Afghanistan [Sayed Ramin/Reuters]

The ISIL (ISIS) group has claimed responsibility for a deadly bus attack targeting the Shia Hazara community in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul.

The blast in the Dasht-e-Barchi district, a Hazara stronghold, killed seven people and wounded 20, police said on Tuesday. The attack was the second targeting the oppressed community in recent weeks.