ISIS suicide bomb attack kills at least 40 people at a Shiite Muslim cultural centre in Kabul

ISIS have claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing involving multiple blasts at a Shia cultural centre in Kabul that killed at least 40 and injured a further 80.

The extremist group said it targeted the centre with three bombs followed by a suicide bombing in a statement on its propaganda outlet Amaq.

Some of the explosions were set off in the basement of the building where people had gathered during a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary of the Soviet invasion in the country.