Government of Afghanistan launches offensive against Islamic State

Kabul, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Afghanistan launched an offensive against the armed group Islamic State in the south of the country, official sources reported.

November 15, 2021
11:22

The Police Chief of the Kandahar Province Abdul Ghafar Mohammadi noted that the operation against ISIS-K, an Afghan group affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, began around midnight in at least four districts.

Since the Taliban movement came to power three months ago, ISIS-K organized terrorist acts in Jalalabad, Kunduz, Kandahar, and Kabul.

Last month the group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Kandahar that killed at least 60 people and injured dozens more.

The attack came a week after another explosion at a mosque in the northern province of Kunduz killed more than 60 people, an action also claimed by ISIS-K.

The faction claimed responsibility for a bombing on Sunday, which destroyed a minibus in the capital and killed a well-known local journalist and up to two other people.

Earlier this month, ISIS-K fighters raided the city’s National Military hospital and killed at least 19 people.

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