Kandahar: were Taliban It said at least four Islamic State operatives and two civilians were killed in crackdowns on the group’s bases in southern Afghanistan following a recent escalation in bloody attacks.
The campaign against Islamic State-Khorasan – the local chapter of the jihadist group – began around midnight in at least four districts Kandahar Province and continued until Monday morning, the Taliban provincial police chief Abdul Ghafar Mohammadi told AFP.
“So far, four Daesh (IS) fighters have been killed and ten arrested. One of them blew himself up inside a house,” he said.
A Taliban official later tweeted that three IS members were killed and two civilians were “martyrs” in the operation.
There was no explanation for the disparity.
Local media quoted a Taliban official as saying that there was an explosion in the western suburb as well. Kabul There were no casualties on Monday morning.
In the three months after the Taliban came to power, IS-K has been active in Jalalabad, Kunduz. Kandhari and Kabul.
Last month, the group claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Kandahar that killed at least 60 people and injured several others.
The attack comes a week after another deadly mosque blast by IS-K in northern Kunduz province, which killed more than 60 people.
The group claimed responsibility for a bomb that destroyed a minibus in Kabul over the weekend, killing a prominent local journalist and two others on Sunday.
IS-K claimed that it killed or wounded “20 Shia apostates” in the incident.
Earlier this month IS-K fighters raided the city’s National Military Hospital, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 50.
The group also claimed several attacks in the eastern capital city of Jalalabad. Nangarhar Province and center of IS-K activity.
The campaign against Islamic State-Khorasan – the local chapter of the jihadist group – began around midnight in at least four districts Kandahar Province and continued until Monday morning, the Taliban provincial police chief Abdul Ghafar Mohammadi told AFP.
“So far, four Daesh (IS) fighters have been killed and ten arrested. One of them blew himself up inside a house,” he said.
A Taliban official later tweeted that three IS members were killed and two civilians were “martyrs” in the operation.
There was no explanation for the disparity.
Local media quoted a Taliban official as saying that there was an explosion in the western suburb as well. Kabul There were no casualties on Monday morning.
In the three months after the Taliban came to power, IS-K has been active in Jalalabad, Kunduz. Kandhari and Kabul.
Last month, the group claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Kandahar that killed at least 60 people and injured several others.
The attack comes a week after another deadly mosque blast by IS-K in northern Kunduz province, which killed more than 60 people.
The group claimed responsibility for a bomb that destroyed a minibus in Kabul over the weekend, killing a prominent local journalist and two others on Sunday.
IS-K claimed that it killed or wounded “20 Shia apostates” in the incident.
Earlier this month IS-K fighters raided the city’s National Military Hospital, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 50.
The group also claimed several attacks in the eastern capital city of Jalalabad. Nangarhar Province and center of IS-K activity.
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