KABUL: The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan that killed one community member and a Taliban fighter, saying it was retaliation for insults against the Prophet Mohammed.

Protests in several Muslim countries were sparked by a spokesman for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist party comments earlier this month about the relationship between the prophet and his youngest wife.

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