Islamic State Takes Credit for Large-Scale Assault in Afghan Capital

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Islamic State Takes Credit for Large-Scale Assault in Afghan Capital
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Islamic State said that it carried out Saturday's deadly raid on a government building in central Kabul

Islamic State said Sunday that it carried out the deadly raid on a government building in teeming central Kabul, an attack that brought a return of large-scale violence to an anxious and exhausted Afghan capital following months of relative calm.

The radical jihadists of Islamic State are a rival to the Taliban, and Saturday’s midday attack on the telecommunications ministry, about a half-mile from the presidential palace, renewed concerns over the threat they pose to U.S., Taliban and Afghan government efforts to reach a...

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