On 31 July 2017, a militant of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant blew himself up at the gate of the Iraqi embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, followed by heavy firing by three other members of same group. Afghan security forces defended the embassy and a conflict started which lasted for four hours. Two Afghans working at the embassy were killed while three of the security officials were injured according to Interior Minister of Afghanistan, Najib Danish, he also said. “No Iraqi staff are hurt,”.On the other hand, all the four attackers were killed. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.