IS claims responsibility after 47 killed in Afghan mosque attack

A Taliban fighter stands guard on a mosque following a suicide bomb attack in the city of Kandaha (Sidiqullah Khan/AP)

The so-called Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that killed 47 people and wounded scores more.

In a statement posted on social media, IS said two of the group’s members shot and killed security guards manning the entrance of the Fatimiya mosque in Kandahar province.