| Follow up to yesterday’s attack. |
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...and one who entered Arg (Presidential Palace), now Prime Minister’s office for the first time on August 15 killed in Kabul’s Tuesday, November 2 attack on the hospital.
The Taliban did not say anything about his killing though, sources have confirmed that Mullavi Hamdullah Mukhlis was among dozens killed in Kabul.
Mukhlis was reportedly appointed as commander of military corps in Kabul and was one of the prominent commanders of the Taliban.
That attack that targeted Sardar Muhammad Daud Khan (400-bed) military hospital in the Afghan capital killed 25 and maimed more than 50 more.
ISIS-K grabbed credit for the attack.
| The latest numbers — who to believe? |
A Taliban spokesperson Bilal Karimi has said that three Taliban fighters, three women, and a child were killed and five people more were wounded in the attack.
Bilal Karimi has added that the Daesh (ISIS-K) fighters wanted to enter the hospital and kill civilians but the Taliban fighters prevented them and killed all five assailants.
As per reports, the group attack that was conducted on Tuesday afternoon left 22 killed and over 50 wounded.