The eastern city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan has seen a spate of attacks against the Taliban this week by the group IS Khorasan, an affiliate of ISIS.
claimed three attacks in the city on Wednesday and Thursday. Through ISIS' official Amaq media outlet, it claimed to have killed six Taliban personnel in three different attacks. Two were carried out with guns and the third used an improvised explosive advice. In Thursday's attack, the group claimed that"Caliphate soldiers targeted a member of the Taliban militia with pistol shots, which led to his death.
members were killed on Tuesday. The circumstances of their deaths are unclear. claimed seven attacks in Afghanistan, focused on what it calls 'the Taliban apostate militia.' According to Reuters, the group said through Amaq's Telegram channel that it had killed 35 Taliban members in blasts on September 18 and 19. The Taliban did not immediately comment on the casualty claims, Reuters said.
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