At least 25 dead in Kabul temple attack: official

• He added that one attacker had also been killed and 80 people rescued from the temple in the centre of the Afghan capital.

KABUL: At least 25 people were killed in Wednesday's attack on a Sikh-Hindu temple in Kabul, an official said.

"Unfortunately 25 civilians were killed and eight wounded in today's attack," interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said in a statement.

He added that one attacker had also been killed and 80 people rescued from the temple in the centre of the Afghan capital.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.