IS claim attack on senior Taliban governor in Afghanistan

RAHIM FAIEZ

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for killing the governor of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province in a suicide bombing at his office. The governor and two others died in the attack Thursday in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif. The Islamic State group later in the day claimed responsibility for the assault, naming the attacker as Abdul-Haq al-Khorasani. The group’s statement, posted by its news agency Aamaq, said Khorasani passed through all security measures to enter the official building and carry out the attack.