CAIRO, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Egypt condemned on Saturday the suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan's capital Kabul that killed at least 40 people, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The attack took place when two suicide bombers stormed Imam-e-Zaman Mosque in northern Kabul during Friday's prayers. The Islamic State (IS) regional militant group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
"Egypt stresses solidarity with the Afghan government and people against terrorism that targets security and stability across the world," said the Egyptian Foreign Ministry's statement.
Egypt has been suffering a rising wave of anti-government terrorist attacks that killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers, in addition to dozens from the Coptic minority, since the military removal of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013 in response to mass protests.
A Sinai-based group loyal to the IS also claimed responsibility for most of the attacks in Egypt, while the post-Morsi administration declared "a war against terrorism" led by former army chief and current President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.
