Security forces of the Taliban movement (the organization is banned in Russia) destroyed two militants of the Islamic State group (the organization was banned in Russia) and detained a third during a night raid in Kabul. It has been reported Fox News He refers to the Taliban government spokesman.
The publication points out that the regional branch of the Islamic State group, known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, is a major rival of the Taliban. Militants began attacking the Shiite population and patrols in Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power in the country in August 2021.
According to Taliban government spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, the Kabul operation took place in the enclave of Kher Khan and was aimed at ISIS militants who were planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the Afghan capital.
Ammunition and military equipment were also seized in the raid.
In February, another raid on the Karti Nau area east of Kabul killed three more ISIS fighters and arrested one.
Formerly Zamir Kabulov, Special Envoy of the President of Russia to Afghanistan, Director of the Second Asian Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declarationMoscow is aware that the United States is secretly sponsoring the international terrorist organization Islamic State to continue its war against another radical Taliban organization in Afghanistan.
According to Kabulov, the Americans do this “not for good, but for harm” because they “really want to avenge their shameful military-political defeats in Afghanistan.”
The conflict between ISIS and the Taliban has been going on for years and escalated in 2015 with the death of Abdul Ghani, a senior Taliban commander in Logar province. Since then, clashes between the two banned organizations have not stopped.