The Taliban authorities in Afghanistan stated its protection forces killed key Islamic State commanders at some stage in a counter-terrorism raid in capital Kabul some days ago.
One of the slain terrorists became Qari Fateh, touted because the intelligence leader and a former minister of conflict of the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP), stated Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid. The ISKP is an Afghan associate of Islamic State and a key Taliban adversary.
Mujahid stated Qari Fateh became reportedly the principle tactician for the ISKP, and became accountable for making plans numerous attacks, such as the ones in opposition to Russian, Pakistani, and Chinese diplomatic missions in Kabul.
In the statement, Mujahid additionally showed the killing of Ejaz Ahmad Ahangar, the so-referred to as first Emir of Islamic State Hind Province (ISHP) and a senior chief of the ISKP in southern Afghanistan, in conjunction with affiliates.
Also referred to as Abu Usman Al-Kashmiri, Ahangar became certain as a terrorist through the Indian authorities in January this year. Born in Srinagar, he became desired in Jammu and Kashmir for over a long time for alleged involvement in terror-associated activities.
Afghan intelligence had recognized Ahangar because the mastermind of the suicide bombing in March 2020 which claimed the existence of a protection shield and 24 worshippers on the Gurdwara Kart-e Parwan in Kabul. He reportedly had hyperlinks to the Al-Qaeda and different worldwide terror outfits.