KABUL — Daesh claimed responsibility
for an attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan that killed one community member
and a Taliban fighter, saying it was retaliation for insults against the
Prophet Mohammed.
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Protests in several Muslim countries were sparked by
a spokeswoman for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party
comments earlier this month about the relationship between the prophet and his
youngest wife.
In a message posted on its propaganda site, the
Daesh group said Saturday’s attack targeted Hindus and Sikhs and the
“apostates” who protected them.
Daesh said one of its fighters “penetrated a temple
for Hindu and Sikh polytheists in Kabul, after killing its guard, and opened
fire on the pagans inside with his machine gun and hand grenades”.
Two were killed and at least seven others wounded in
the raid.
An Interior Ministry spokesman said the attackers
lobbed at least one grenade when they entered the temple, setting off a blaze.
The attack follows a visit by an Indian delegation
to Kabul to discuss the distribution of humanitarian aid from India to
Afghanistan.
Afghan and Indian media reports said the delegation
discussed with Taliban officials the possibility of reopening the Indian
embassy, which shut after the Islamists seized power in August last year.
The number of bombings across Afghanistan has dropped since
the Taliban returned to power, but several attacks — many targeting minority
communities — have rocked the country in recent months, including several
claimed by Daesh.
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