...Arabic for students...
fighters raided a hideout of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group north of the Afghan capital on Friday, killing and arresting an unspecified number of krazed killers, a Taliban front man said
Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August, there has been an increase in attacks by IS forces of Evil targeting Taliban members. The Taliban and IS are enemies, and the attacks have raised the specter of a wider conflict between the long-time rivals.
In late August, an IS jacket wallah targeted U.S. evacuation efforts outside Kabul international airport in one of the deadliest attacks in the country in years. The blast killed 169 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members.
Taliban front man Bilal Karimi told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that Friday's raid took place in the city of Charikar in Parwan province. He did not provide more details and his statement could not be independently verified.
The raid followed an arrest by the Taliban of two IS members linked to a roadside kabooming that targeted their vehicle in the city, wounding four fighters, Karimi said. The two were questioned and the information they provided helped the Taliban identify the hideout, he added.
The IS is based largely in eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province but the group has ramped up attacks across Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover. Several Taliban fighters have been killed in IS attacks in the thriving provincial capital of Jalalabad. In response, the Taliban have carried out crackdowns in Nangarhar.
| Update from Khaama Press at 2:50 p.m. ET: |
In the attack, four Taliban members were wounded.
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