The Islamic State - Khorasan (EI-K), the most radical armed Islamist group in Afghanistan, claimed responsibility on Friday (October 22) for the explosion against a power line that plunged Kabul into darkness the night before.
In a statement published on its Telegram channels, the jihadist organization claims that
"the soldiers of the caliphate detonated a bomb on an electricity pylon in Kabul"
Thursday in order to damage the electricity sector.
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The Afghan capital was plunged into darkness on Thursday evening after an explosion that hit a high-voltage line, another blow to the Taliban regime.
The national electricity campaign announced that an explosion had
"destroyed an electricity pylon in the area of Qala Murad Beg, in the Kabul region, and cut an imported 220 kV electricity line"
, causing the interruption of the
electricity supply.
current in the capital and some other regions.
