In Afghanistan, at least 11 Government troops were killed and 16 wounded when Islamic State militants attacked the soldiers guarding a military academy in Kabul today. <br/>'<br/>Afghan Defence Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said a suicide bomber struck the military unit guarding the academy, setting off a gunbattle.<br/><br/>Two of the attackers were killed in the gunbattle, two detonated their suicide vests and one was arrested by the troops, he said. <br/>'<br/>The attack, which began before dawn and continued well past daybreak, was the latest in a wave of relentless violence in Kabul this month unleashed by the Taliban and the rival Islamic State group that has killed scores and left hundreds wounded.<br/>'<br/>President Ashraf Ghani denounced the attack, saying the Taliban must choose between Islam and terrorism. The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan claimed the attack.