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IS claims attack on Afghan midwife centre

By Reuters
July 30, 2018

CAIRO: Islamic State (IC) claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attack on a midwife training centre in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Saturday that killed three staff. The ultra-hardline militant group, which cited no evidence for its claim in a statement issued via its Amaq news agency, said the attack was carried out by two gunmen. Islamic State has a stronghold in the province of Nangarhar surrounding Jalalabad, bordering Pakistan.