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Evening Standard
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MIchael Howie

Armed response UK soldiers deployed after suicide attack on Sikh temple in Kabul

A British soldier with NATO-led Resolute Support Mission forces arrives at the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan (Picture: AP)

A British soldier with the Nato-led Resolute Support Mission forces in Afghanistan arrives at the scene of a suicide attack in Kabul today.

Gunmen and suicide bombers stormed a temple belonging to the Sikh religious minority this morning, killing at least 25 people including a child.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least seven injured.

Afghanistan’s interior ministry said police responded promptly, sparking a gun battle at the Sikh gurdwara.

The ministry shared photographs that showed about a dozen children, many of them barefoot and crying, being helped to safety by special forces.

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