Kabul – The Taliban claims to have acted against IS, responsible for carrying out a bomb attack on Sunday near a mosque in Kabul. The Taliban claimed to have destroyed IS base in Kabul, killing three IS militants and detaining 11 militants.
At least 12 people got slain and over 30 injured in the bomb blast near the Eidgah great mosque in Kabul. No group had claimed responsibility for the attack. But the Taliban blamed IS-Khorasan for targeting Taliban men gathered there in the mosque to pray for the late mother of Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid.
On Sunday evening, Mujahid reported that the Taliban’s special unit had successfully conducted an operation to destroy an IS base in Kabul. The Taliban did not disclose any further information about the captured IS militants.
But local media reported heavy gunfire in Kabul’s 17th District area. Photographs of fires erupting in some places were published. Thus, a possible fierce conflict would have erupted in the clash between Taliban and IS militants.
The bombing on Sunday is the biggest in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control. Earlier, IS-Khorasan had claimed responsibility for the attack on Kabul airport on August 26th. IS-Khorasan dominates the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar. In Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, Khorasan militants had targeted vehicles of Taliban militants.
Post the Sunday bomb attacks and the conflict between the Taliban and IS, Con Coughlin, an analyst at the Gatestone Institute, a US thinktank, has issued a warning that Afghanistan could soon become a safe haven for the terrorists.
Con Coughlin issued a serious warning that other terrorist organisations have emerged stronger taking advantage of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, posing a global security threat. US President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops hastily from Afghanistan will have far-reaching implications for the security of Western nations in the next few years. US lawmakers and retired military officials have also criticised Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
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