Afghanistan: Islamic State group claims series of attacks in Jalalabad
Taliban and people gather at the site of a bomb explosion that targeted a vehicle carrying Taliban in Jalalabad on September 19, 2021. AFP - -
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The Islamic State in Afghanistan (IS-K) group claimed responsibility for a series of attacks carried out on Saturday and Sunday against the Taliban in Jalalabad, the large city in eastern Afghanistan.
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In two separate statements, the Islamic State of Khorassan (IS-K) group claimed to be the author of a triple explosion that targeted the Taliban in Jalalabad on Saturday, leaving at least two dead and twenty wounded.
The announcement was made this Sunday on Telegram by the Amaaq agency, one of the organization's main propaganda outlets.
The
EI-K
group also claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack on a vehicle carrying Taliban in Jalalabad.
According to an initial assessment this bomb explosion left several wounded, the Taliban were taken to hospital.
These are the first attacks to occur since the departure of American troops on August 30 after twenty years of military presence.
Attacks which illustrate the still precarious security situation in the country where the new regime has promised to
restore peace and stability
after more than four decades of war.
Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar, the main focus of the Islamic State group in Afghanistan, rival of the Taliban, which notably claimed responsibility for the bloody attack that killed more than 100 people at Kabul airport on August 26.
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To read also: Kabul attack: the IS-K, sworn enemy of the Taliban who could need the West
(With
AFP
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