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Taliban had opened front against the militant Islamic State (IS) group in the Afghan capital and stormed its hideout in Kabul.
Though the Taliban authorities did not disclose how many militants were killed, it said the operation was successful. “As a result of the operation, which was very decisive and successful, the IS centre was completely destroyed and all the IS members in it were killed,” Taliban’s chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter.
The action came within hours of the blast at the entrance of a mosque in Kabul on Sunday in which at least eight people were killed and 20 others wounded. The operation was carried out the operation in the north of Kabul on Sunday evening.
A hideout of the Daesh/ISIS terrorists has been dismantled in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, the Taliban said suspecting the militant group was involved in the mosque blast. The Daesh’s Khorasan chapter, ISKP, had taken the responsibility for deadly shooting in eastern Nangarhar province that claimed the lives of two Taliban members and a journalist.
IS has shown signs it is expanding its footprint beyond the east and closer toward the capital. Maintains a strong presence in the eastern province of Nangarhar, IS considers the Taliban an enemy.
