<p>The Islamic State group said it carried out a gun and bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in Kabul on Friday that killed at least 39 people, including children.<br /><br />"The martyrdom-seeking brother Abu Ammar al-Turkmani ... succeeded in immersing himself with an explosive vest in a temple of the polytheists," IS said in a message on Telegram.<br /><br />"He detonated his vest among the crowd."<br /><br />The Sunni extremists of IS have carried out a spate of bombings against Shiite worshippers, whom it regards as apostates.<br /><br />The attack, which was one of two targeting mosques in Afghanistan on Friday, capped one of the country's bloodiest weeks in recent memory, with more than 180 people killed.</p>
<p>The Islamic State group said it carried out a gun and bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in Kabul on Friday that killed at least 39 people, including children.<br /><br />"The martyrdom-seeking brother Abu Ammar al-Turkmani ... succeeded in immersing himself with an explosive vest in a temple of the polytheists," IS said in a message on Telegram.<br /><br />"He detonated his vest among the crowd."<br /><br />The Sunni extremists of IS have carried out a spate of bombings against Shiite worshippers, whom it regards as apostates.<br /><br />The attack, which was one of two targeting mosques in Afghanistan on Friday, capped one of the country's bloodiest weeks in recent memory, with more than 180 people killed.</p>