Taliban Announces Operation on Rebel Hideout in Kabul
Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, said that “two rebels” have been killed in an operation by the group’s special forces in District 8 of Kabul on Wednesday. Mujahid, however, didn’t provide more details about the identity of those killed.
Media outlets and people close to the Taliban reported that the Wednesday evening attack had been carried out on an ISIS hideout in Kabul. According to them, two ISIS suicide bombers had been killed in the operation.
Al-Mersad, a media outlet aligned to the Taliban, reported that the group’s forces have arrested a suspect during the operation too. However, the Taliban spokesperson did not mention ISIS as the target of the group’s operation in Kabul.
The Taliban said that none of their forces have been injured or killed in last night’s operation. However, it is not possible to confirm the Taliban's claims due to restrictions on independent media reporting in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, Afghan social media users have also reported that the Taliban conducted house-to-house search operations in several districts of Kabul.
They claimed that the Taliban have been looking for Akmal Amir, the commander of the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF), who has been reportedly killed by the Taliban in an operation in Parwan province, but no independent sources have confirmed his death.
