Who are Isis-K?

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Follow Afghanistan news live: Latest updates Isis-K has now claimed responsibility for the terrorist bombing outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai airport, which left at least 60 people dead, including children, and added to the chaos and despair in Afghanistan on the eve of the final withdrawal of international forces from the country after nearly 20 years of failed efforts at stabilisation and state-building. “Afghan civilian lives will continue to be under threat.” Declared in 2015, and formally called the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, Isis’s south Asia branch is believed to have been responsible for some of the most horrific attacks in Afghanistan, including bombings of Shia mosques and institutions, which have worsened sectarian mistrust in the country. While other jihadi groups worldwide cheered the Taliban’s victory over the Kabul government and praised it for seemingly defeating a US-led Nato force, Isis cursed Afghanistan’s new masters as Washington dupes. There were multiple suicide bombs and gunmen involved.” The attack on Kabul’s airport could set the tone for Afghanistan’s future the way the 2003 bombing of the United Nations compound in Baghdad darkened Iraq’s prospects.