Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on TV station in Afghanistan: Amaq

Afghan policemen keep watch at the site of an attack at a private television station in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on a private television station in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the group's news agency Amaq said on Tuesday,without giving evidence,

A staff member who witnessed the attack said gunmen attacked the building after an explosion.

(Reporting by Mostafa Hashem; Writing by Amina Ismail; editing by Ralph Boulton)