After Bombing in the Capital, Taliban Raids Suspected IS Hideout
While no claim of responsibility for the blast outside the Eid Gah mosque on Sunday, five people were killed.
Editorial Staff
After Bombing in the Capital, Taliban Raids Suspected IS Hideout
Hours after a fatal explosion outside a mosque in Kabul, Taliban troops stormed an Islamic State affiliate's hideaway in the Afghan capital and killed many fighters, the Taliban announced Monday. While no claim of responsibility for the blast outside the Eid Gah mosque was made, suspicion instantly fell on the Islamic State organization, which has increased assaults against its Taliban foe since taking over Kabul in mid-August. Taliban leaders had assembled in the mosque to pay their respects to the late mother of Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid. Taliban fighters stormed an Islamic State operations headquarters in the northern Kabul district of Khair Khana, Mujahid claimed in a statement Monday. It did not specify how many IS militants were killed or whether any Taliban were hurt in the operation. The blast on Sunday was the worst strike in Afghanistan since the Taliban took power following the tumultuous withdrawal of the last American soldiers on Aug. 31. The Islamic State cl…
