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IS claims responsibility of attack on Pak Consulate General in Jalalabad
"Afghan officials said all three attackers and at least seven members of the security forces died during the attack," Pakistan's Geo News reported.
The suicide attack near the Pakistani consulates in Jalalabad in Afghanistan on Wednesday morning left at least two people dead as an exchange of fire continued between Afghan security forces and gunmen, reports said.
The attack took place 200 meters from the Indian consulate, in an area where there are many foreign missions.
A suicide bomber blew himself up in which two were killed after being prevented from joining a queue of people seeking visas to Pakistan.
India's foreign ministry said the Indian consulate was not the target. All Indians are reported to be safe.
The attack is the latest in a series of suicide attacks in Afghanistan.
On January 5, an explosion took place 400 metres away from the Indian Consulate in Jalalabad after explosives were placed in a garbage can.
The Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif was attacked in a 25-hour gun and bomb siege from 3 to 4 January. Three armed assailants were killed after they mounted an attack on the diplomatic mission from a nearby building.
While a police spokesman said investigators were trying to determine the target, Indian officials claimed that the Indian mission was not the target.
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