Jalalabad — Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on an Afghan state TV station on Wednesday, which killed at least six people as well as the attackers, and wounded 24. The attack, in the eastern city of Jalalabad, was the latest in a series on Afghan journalists and media in recent years. It came just more than a week after it was confirmed that the leader of IS in Afghanistan had been killed in a US drone strike. The militia group has established a stronghold in Nangarhar province bordering Pakistan, of which Jalalabad is the capital, where it fights both the Taliban and Afghan government forces. The raid on the RTA state broadcaster was carried out by four attackers, one of whom had detonated a suicide bomb at the entrance to the compound, said provincial governor Gulab Mangal. As the attack unfolded, heavy gunfire could be heard from around the RTA building, which is close to the governor’s compound "IS fighters are currently carrying out an attack insid...
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