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After regaining control Afghanistan, the Taliban group began a crackdown on its rivals. Taliban reported to have executed Omar Khorasani, former head of the group ISIS in South Asia, who has spent a year in prison in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
According to reports Wall Street Journal and The Week, Friday (20/8/2021), Khorasani, also known as Mawlawi Ziya ul-Haq, was taken from an Afghan government prison and executed.
Khorasani was arrested by Afghan security forces in an operation in May 2020. Khorasani used to lead the Islamic State group’s operations in South Asia, but was replaced at the time of his arrest.
According to media reports, Khorasani was murdered at Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul. His family sources said the Taliban had killed him. Khorasani was buried in his hometown of Kunar on 17 August.
Khorasani’s successor, Shahab al-Muhajir, was appointed in June 2020, according to a UN monitoring team report for the sanctions committee ISIS (Da’esh) & Al Qaeda.
On July 21, the UN team in its 28th report warned that ISIS was trying to recruit Taliban fighters. The Taliban and ISIS have clashed many times in Afghanistan since 2015.
Other terror groups have supported the Taliban. One of them, the banned Pakistani Taliban group or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has congratulated the Afghan Taliban for taking over Afghanistan. The TTP described it as “a victory for the entire Islamic world”.
In the statement, TTP spokesman Mohammad Khorasani reaffirmed the group’s “loyalty to the Afghan Taliban leadership,” and pledged to “support and strengthen the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.”
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