According to the state-run Bakhtar news agency, Afghan Taliban forces killed ISIS Leader and his collaborator on Thursday in Nangarhar’s eastern region.
The Taliban forces killed ISIS Leader/commander, identified as “Turab,” during a special operation, according to reports. The operation took place on Wednesday night in Wuch Tangi hamlet of Shiwa district in eastern Nangarhar province, as stated by Taliban provincial authorities quoted by Bakhtar news agency.
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The periodic special operations carried out by the Taliban security forces in regions suspected to be hiding places for insurgents serve as a countermeasure against the risks presented by ISIS militants.
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ISIS members have taken credit for vicious strikes in Kabul and other important Afghan towns after the Taliban retook control in August 2021. ISIS terrorists have attacked the Russian Embassy, the Pakistani Diplomatic Mission, and a Chinese-run hotel that housed Chinese people in the centre of Kabul during the previous 20 months, murdering dozens of innocent foreign and local citizens.
Considering there is no other active opposition force in Afghanistan, analysts believe that ISIS continues to pose a serious danger to the de facto government in the region.
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The presence and growth of terrorist groups in Afghanistan, which might one day threaten their security, is causing alarm in the region, particularly in the Central Asian state.