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But according to the Congressional Research Service, the group has claimed responsibility for a string of high-profile attacks, including the May bombing of a girls' school in Kabul. A senior Taliban commander, Mawlawi Hamdullah Mukhlis, was killed in the attack. Those that remain unclaimed fit the profile of previous attacks by the group, which considers Shiites and Sufis heretics. Before joining The Times in 2018 he covered politics for WNYC and The New York Observer. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. [165], On 9 December, during an interview, the spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed that since the re-foundation of the Islamic Emirate, 25 ISKP hideouts had been destroyed and that 670 ISKP fighters had been arrested. [31], On 17 August, a mosque in Kabul was attacked during evening prayers. The recent blasts, which mainly targeted areas dominated by Hazara communities, deepened those fears. ISKP's fingerprints have been on other attacks. After months of fighting, they signed an agreement in March 1993 making Hekmatyar the Prime Minister of Afghanistan in June, and shortening Rabbani's presidency from 2 years to 1.5 year. [78] Ataullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said that 26 IS militants and 5 Taliban fighters were killed in the clashes in Nangarhar. [46], On 18 September, 7 people were killed when 4 bombs planted by suspected IS-KP members exploded in Jalalabad targeting Taliban patrols. Eighteen others, including foreigners, are reported to be among those injured. On 4 March 2022, an ISKP suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing 63 worshippers. [113] On 16 August, the Taliban claimed to have killed around 150 IS-K fighters, including its former chief Abu Umar Khurasani, while prisoners were being released from a jail in Kabul. Encarta-encyclopedie Winkler Prins (19932002) s.v. [129][130][131] ISKP later claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming it killed Taliban militants. [205], On 27 February, the Taliban forces killed two Islamic State militants who they described as "key commanders". [196], On 12 December 2022, insurgents attacked a hotel popular with Chinese nationals in Kabul, Afghanistan. The site of the secondary explosion. He helped launch the website that later became Politico New York and co-founded the FAQ NYC podcast. [13], Hajji Atta Jan, the Zabul provincial council chief, said the offensive by Mullah Mansour's fighters was so intense, that at least three Islamic State commanders, all of them ethnic Uzbeks, had surrendered. 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Al-Qaeda[2] Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (pro-Taliban & anti-IS factions)[3], Mullah Dadullah Front[13] (until 2016) Fidai Mahaz[14], High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (HCIEA)[15] (until 2021)[16][17], Shahab al-Muhajir[35] Mawlavi Habib Ur Rahman[36] Ismatullah Khalozai[37] Sultan Aziz Azam[37] Maulawi Rajab[37] Najibullah, The Haqqani network, al-Qaeda and others support the Taliban, while IS is supported by the Mullah Dadullah Front and the pro-ISIS faction of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. [84], On 30 October, Ajmal Zahid, a governor of Golestan district, said that ISIL's commander, Abdul Razaq Mehdi, was killed by Taliban fighters in Farah province. Anyone can read what you share. A week before, IS fighters were mass executed by their fellow militants in Achin district, according to a provincial government spokesman. [28], On 26 May, Asif Nang, governor of Farah province, said the Taliban have been fighting against IS militants for the past three days in Farah province. The attackers killed a civilian and injured two others before being shot dead by security guards. In 2015, ISIS announced that it had accepted the loyalty of a new branch in the Khorasan region. ISIS-K was established in 2015 by disaffected Pakistani Taliban fighters. As a result of the unofficial Taliban bans on Ahl-i Hadith during the 1996-2001 era, several Salafis had shifted to Peshawar. [114][115][116][117][118] The attack began hours after the United States' State Department told Americans outside the airport to leave due to a terrorist threat. Indeed ISK and some media reports have claimed that a suicide bomber that attacked a Shiite mosque in Kunduz and killed dozens in October 2021 was an ethnic Uyghur from Xinjiang, although it is . The commander claimed that the Taliban had violated the agreement and attacked the IS camp. Wakil Kohsar/Agence France-Presse Getty Images. It is the most extreme and violent of all the jihadist militant groups in Afghanistan. Like other terrorist groups, ISIS-K has targeted U.S. forces, their allies and civilians. Still, for most of the past six years the Islamic State has been contained to eastern Afghanistan amid American airstrikes and Afghan commando raids that killed many of its leaders. 1988 The Geneva peace accords are signed by Afghanistan, the Soviet Union, the U.S. and Pakistan, and Soviet forces begin their withdrawal. The Center for International and Strategic Studies counts dozens of attacks that Islamic State fighters have carried out against civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan, including minority Shiite Muslims, as well as hundreds of clashes with Afghan, Pakistani and U.S.-led coalition forces since January 2017. Islamic State in Afghanistan claimed responsibility for the attack. [123], Taliban militants kidnapped the influential Salafi cleric, Mullah Abu Obaidullah Mutawakil on 28 August; he was "brutal[ly]" murdered one week later. 15 IS militants and 3 Taliban fighters were killed in Achin district, and the remaining were killed in Khogyani. Islamic State of Afghanistan - Wikipedia A week later, Mr. Husseini sat under the shade of a small awning with his relatives to mourn. [195], On 2 December 2022, 2 men disguised in burqas attack a mosque while former Mujahideen leader and Afghan prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, was inside. Islamic State Khorasan Province Is a Growing Threat in Afghanistan and Beyond Within Afghanistan's borders, a witch's brew of terrorist and insurgent groups is metastasizing, and the. Iran exchanges heavy gunfire with Taliban on Afghan border, escalating DUBAI - The Taliban and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire Saturday on the Islamic Republic's border with Afghanistan, sharply escalating rising tensions between the two nations amid a dispute over . IS militants also seized 2 districts from the Taliban, according to the spokesman. [73] By 2016, it had appointed shadow governors in other regions as well, but not exerted much influence outside its traditional bases. [85], On 13 April 2017, the United States dropped[86] the largest non-nuclear bomb, known as the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) Mother of All Bombs near Momand village[87] upon a Nangahar's Achin District village in eastern Afghanistan to destroy tunnel complexes used by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Khorasan Province (ISIL-KP or ISIS-K). U.S. service members and Afghan civilians were among those killed and injured. His father rushed to help the victims, but minutes later Mr. Husseini heard another deafening boom. The clashes occurred near Iran's border with Afghanistan. ISIS-K? [104], On 1 August, the Amaq News Agency claimed that IS had killed 5 Taliban members during clashes in Kunar. [47], In January, hundreds of Taliban fighters launched an assault against IS bases in eastern Afghanistan. A boys school in Kabul that was bombed last month. In addition, four Afghan Taliban police officers have also been killed. Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is beset by many issues that make investment or improved relations problematic. The two are actually enemies, as Biden noted in his televised address Thursday. There was also a roadside mine explosion yesterday in the eastern province of Nangarhar, which left at least four members of the Taliban security forces dead and one wounded. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. [103] On the same day, IS published a video of its fighters renewing their Bayah to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. It was reported that happen a huge explosion with 21 killed including the mosque's imam Amir Muhammad Kabuli. [124], On 6 September, Neda Mohammad, a Taliban governor for Nangarhar province, vowed to continue fighting IS-K militants. The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point said ISIS-K includes Pakistanis from other militant groups and Uzbek extremists in addition to Afghans. [6] The country was in a dire state according to a 1997 United Nations report, which found that the infant mortality rate was 25%, numerous civil casualties due to landmines, economic blockades imposed by the militias causing hunger, and international humanitarian organisations being unable to carry out their work. The former officer commanded the Afghan military's weapons and ammunition depot in Gardez before the Taliban takeover. Here's what is known about the group, which reportedly has claimed responsibility for Thursday's bombing: Smoke rises from an explosion Thursday outside the Kabul airport. 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[62][63], During their original stint in power of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in the late 1990s, the ruling Taliban had pursued a policy of suppressing Salafism; motivated by strict Deobandi tenets. International pressure forced both sides to negotiate, but the demands posed by either party were so high that the differences were irreconcilable, and a political impasse ensued.