Taliban-ISIS standoff escalates
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The fighting takes place in at least four Afghan provinces – Kabul, Kunar, Nangarhar and Parwan.
Militants of the radical Taliban are conducting a military operation against the Islamic State terrorist group in several provinces of Afghanistan. It is reported by Interfax citing EFE agency on Friday 8 October.
It is indicated that battles take place in at least four provinces: Kabul, Kunar, Nangarhar and Parwan. It is there that ISIS fighters have been especially active lately and periodically carry out attacks against the Taliban.
“Our special forces, together with intelligence, are conducting operations against IS. We expect that we will be able to destroy this movement and put an end to its uprising in the country,” said Taliban spokesman Bilyal Karimi.
According to him, there have already been reports of dozens of ISIS members killed during operations, as well as dozens of those captured.
At the end of September it was reported that in Afghanistan fighting broke out between the Taliban and ISIS… Then it was reported about the death of 17 Taliban and three members of the “Islamic State”.
It also became known that Taliban launched an operation against an IS cellwho committed a terrorist attack in Kabul.
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