According to their own statements, fighters of the radical Islamic Taliban killed a senior commander of the jihadist militia Islamic State (IS). ISIL’s regional “intelligence chief” Qari Fateh was killed in an operation on Sunday evening, Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Monday.
According to the spokesman, Fateh was the “direct mastermind” for attacks on diplomatic missions, mosques and other facilities in the Afghan capital Kabul. Another IS member was killed during the operation against the cell in Kabul’s Khair Khana district, the Taliban said in a statement. Neighbors had reported shots fired on Sunday evening. Taliban officials posted photos of two dead lying among the rubble on Twitter.
A July 2022 UN Security Council report describes Fateh as one of the top IS leaders. He was charged with “military operations” in an area spanning India, Iran and Central Asia.
Repeated IS attacks in Afghanistan
Since the withdrawal of the US army and the takeover of power by the Taliban in August, IS has regularly carried out attacks in Afghanistan. In December, the militia claimed responsibility for a raid on a hotel in Kabul that left five Chinese people injured. In January, jihadists claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing near the foreign ministry in Kabul that left at least ten dead.
The Taliban also accuse IS of responsibility for a September 2022 suicide bombing at an education center that killed 54 people, including 51 women and girls.
Source: Krone
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