Several suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group killed A Taliban security guard was wounded in an operation in northern Afghanistan last night. Taliban government spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said on Twitter that an unknown number of suspected ISIS members were killed and a Taliban security agent injured in an operation by Afghan special forces.
In the operation carried out in the city of Mazari Sharig in the north of Balkh province, All weapons were also confiscated. He added that he was under the power of suspected jihadists.
The operation came just days after a suicide attack that killed the governor of Balkh, a high-ranking member of the Taliban, and two others during a working meeting.
Since the Taliban came back to power in Afghanistan a year and a half ago, dozens of suspected ISIS members have died in operations carried out by fundamentalists to deliver on the security guarantees they boasted before coming to government. The jihadist formation has claimed responsibility for most attacks in recent months.
Fundamentalists compete strongly with the terrorist formationemerging as one of the main security threats in Afghanistan after the Taliban came to power in August 2021.