A suicide bomb attack on Wednesday near the Afghan Defence Ministry that killed at least five people has been claimed by the Islamic State militants.

A statement by the Afghan Interior Ministry reported several more people were wounded, while a Defence Ministry spokesman said at least one civilian and two members of the Afghan security forces were among the casualties, adding that the target appeared to be a police post near military headquarters.
The ISIS claimed responsibility of the bomb blast in an online post.
Last month, the ISIS militants killed nearly 50 people when they stormed the main military hospital in Kabul.
Islamic State's offshoot in Afghanistan, known as the Sunni jihadist group's so-called Khorasan Province, is suspected of carrying out several attacks on minority Shi'ite Muslim targets. U.S. officials say intelligence suggests Islamic State is based overwhelmingly in Nangarhar and neighbouring Kunar province.