Yesterday, on Wednesday, in a battle with jihadists that unfolded for many hours in one of the districts of the capital, two security officials of the Taliban movement were killed. AfghanistanKabul.

According to the de facto government’s Interior Ministry, four other Taliban members were wounded in fighting in the Shiite region of Kart-e-Sahi.

The Taliban rarely allow casualties in their ranks.

#Afghanistan: In the third district of the city. #Kabulbattle between #ISIS militants and #Taliban lasted more than 7 hours pic.twitter.com/EZO1S9J1aC

— Shadi Alkasim (@Shadi_Alkasim) August 3, 2022

According to the interior ministry of the hardline Sunni regime, the jihadists belonged to the Islamic State (IS) group.

According to the same source, the operation was carefully planned so that there were no civilian casualties in the area.

However, videos posted on social media by Taliban supporters show his forces using explosives to destroy an old house where IS fighters were said to be hiding.

2nd video: #Afghanistan: In the third district of the city. #Kabulbattle between #ISIS militants and #Taliban lasted more than 7 hours pic.twitter.com/4bW4FR3Qnz

— Shadi Alkasim (@Shadi_Alkasim) August 3, 2022

The Taliban said four ISIS members who intended to attack members of the Shia minority were killed and another captured in battle.

The show of strength by the Taliban began after US President Joe Biden announced on Monday that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed in a UAV strike in Kabul.

Zawahiri was reportedly holed up in a house belonging to an associate of the Taliban interior minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani.

The US and the Taliban accused each other after the raid of violating an agreement they signed in Doha in 2020 that set the stage for the withdrawal of foreign troops almost a year ago.

Source: APE-MPE-dpa