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IS Attack Hits Afghan Capital as Pompeo Joins Peace Talks

People inspect a damaged house after shells land north west of Kabul on Nov. 21.

People inspect a damaged house after shells land north west of Kabul on Nov. 21.

Photographer: Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images 

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (KATHY GANNON and TAMEEM AKHGAR)
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Kabul, Afghanistan (AP) -- Mortar shells slammed into a residential area of Afghanistan's capital and killed eight people Saturday, hours before outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held what are likely his last meetings with the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators trying to hammer out a peace deal.

The attack in Kabul, claimed by Islamic State militants, also wounded 31 people.