At least 3 people lost their lives and 4 people were injured as a result of the explosion of a mine placed by terrorists. jihadist group Islamic State West of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, as confirmed by the authorities established by the Taliban after taking control of the country in August 2021.
Kabul Police spokesman Khalid Zadran stated that, as you stated in your profile on the social network, the attack took place this Tuesday at around 15.50 (local time) in the Alojil neighborhood in the 16th district of the city. X, formerly Twitter.
Zadran said that security forces arrived at the scene and A suspicious person was detained within the scope of the investigation. The Islamic State subsequently claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement published on its propaganda channels.
The group stated that “approximately 10 workers in Pul-e-Charki prison were killed or injured” in the attack, and underlined that the target of the attack was “a vehicle carrying the employees” of this prison. The prison is one of the largest in the Central Asian country.
This explosion came just three days after the Islamic State killed five people and injured about 15 in a bus bomb explosion in Kabul’s predominantly Shiite Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood, also claimed by the jihadist group. The UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) then made a request. “Stop targeted attacks against civilians” and greater protection for the country’s Hazara community.
Last week, the Taliban announced that “all centers” used by the Islamic State had been “eliminated” within the scope of security operations in Afghanistan and emphasized that the jihadist group currently has “between 70 and 80” members in the Central Asian country.
The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), the jihadist group’s offshoot in Afghanistan, defeated the Taliban Traitors to the orthodoxy of ‘Sharia’ or Islamic law, and advocates a much harsher interpretation, making him the target of the Taliban’s security campaign.