2021-10-03 Afghanistan
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Anti-Talib Resistance: In Nangarhar 4 Talibs toes up, in Kapisa 5 Talibs ditto
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It looks like outside of Panjshir all anti-Talib kinetic actions will be blamed on ISIS.. Four Killed in Attack in Nangarhar
[ToloNews] At least four people were killed in a assassination 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 on Saturday evening, officials said, with one source saying a child was among those killed.
Local officials confirmed the attack and said it occurred in District 3 of Jalalabad city, the provincial center of the province.
According to the officials, those killed were two civilians and two force members of the Islamic Emirate.
According to a source, a child was among those killed.
So far no group has grabbed credit for the attack.
Two other civilians were wounded in the attack, said Mohammad Hanif, a cultural official for the city's surrounding province, Nangarhar.
No one claimed responsibility for the shooting, but the Islamic State group, which has a strong presence in Nangarhar and considers the Taliban an enemy, has previously claimed several attacks against them, including several killings in Jalalabad.
The two civilians killed were Sayed Maroof Sadat, a former spokesman for the Nangarhar department of agriculture, and his cousin, Sharif Sadat told the AP. Sadat's son was among the two wounded, he added.
Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August, attacks by IS militants against them have increased. The rise has raised the specter of a wider conflict between the two extremist groups.
On Friday, Taliban fighters raided a hideout of the Islamic State group north of Kabul, killing and arresting an unspecified number of militants, a Taliban spokesman said. IS activity in Nangarhar province has also led to Taliban crackdowns there.
Kapisa: Unidentified gunnies target Talibs in car
[KhaamaPress] Sources in Kapisa province say that gunmen targeted a ranger car of the Taliban and killed at least five members of the Taliban but the latter has not commented on the issue yet.
ISIS-K is now believed to be the biggest threat to the Taliban in Afghanistan that can endanger the security of the country and the Taliban government in the meantime.
The Taliban has repeatedly said that the group is not a threat to them and they have the ability to eliminate ISIS-K in Afghanistan.
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