KABUL (Pajhwok): The Islamic State’s regional affiliate, Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, has claimed responsibility for a mosque bombing in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, a media report said on Saturday.
A suicide bomber struck inside the Shiite mosque in Peshawar during Friday prayers, killing at least 56 worshippers and wounding 194 others.
A statement carried by the group’s Amaq news agency identified the attacker as an Afghan citizen and posted his picture.
The report said “Islamic State fighters are constantly targeting Shi’ites living in Pakistan and Afghanistan despite intense security measures adopted by the . . .
