The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
, the report said a top commander of ISIS and his aide were killed.
According to provincial officials, the special intelligence force killed the ISIS top leader late Wednesday after encountering resistance in Wach Tangi village of the Shawa district of Nangarhar province.
The ISIS commander and his accomplice were killed during an operation by a special intelligence force, according to an official report. The ISIS commander was named Tarub.
Earlier in February this year, the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...forces killed two senior members of the ISIS group in separate operations, officials said.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Taliban administration, said that Qari Fateh, the regional ISIS intelligence and operations chief, was killed by Taliban forces during a raid in Kabul.
In addition, the group has killed three ISIS members, including senior ISIS leader Ijaz Amin Ahingar in a separate operation.
ISIS-Khorasan, a regional affiliate of the ISIS group, is a key rival of the Taliban in the country.
The forces of Evil have increased their attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021. ISIS targets Taliban officials, ordinary people and foreigners in the country.