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| Suspected Perpetrators of Recent Kabul Blasts Killed in Raid: Officials |
| 2022-10-23 |
| [ToloNews] At least six members of ISIS were killed in a night raid conducted in PD 8 of capital Kabul, a front man for the Islamic Emirate said on Saturday. Islamic Emirate front man Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement that the individuals have been involved in attacks on Wazir Akbar Khan Mosque, Kaaj educational center and other areas, in which civilians have been targeted. "Two members of ISIS were arrested in the west of Kabul yesterday (Friday), and then a ISIS hideout was discovered and was raided in PD8 of Kabul city. As a result, six ISIS affiliates were killed, and the grenades, explosives materials and a vehicle were seized," he said. Residents said the festivities started around 8:00 pm and lasted for several hours. On September 23, at least seven people were killed and more than 40 were maimed in a blast near a mosque in Wazir Akbar Khan, which is known as the Green Zone, containing embassies and diplomatic missions. The Ministry of Interior confirmed the death of 25 people in the attack on Kaaj educational center. More than 30 people were maimed, according to the ministry. Six members of ISIS and one member of the Taliban were killed as a result of an operation against ISIS’s hideout in Kabul’s 8th police district, according to a thread of tweets from the Taliban official, Mujahid. Mujahid claims that after interrogating two captured ISIS members, they discovered the hideout in the Afghan capital, which they raided on Friday night. Nearly 60 students, mostly girls, lost their lives in the attack on the Kaaj school on the 30th of September, and more than 114 other students were severely injured. |
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