The Taliban stated on Monday they had damaged a cell of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in the Afghan capital, hours after a presumed IS assault on a mosque killed five people.

The Taliban overran Kabul seven weeks back and have set up an interim Covering government, but still encounter assaults from the regional branch of IS.

The Taliban’s chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said boxers carried out the operation in the north of Kabul on Sunday night.

” As a result of the operation, which was extremely decisive as well as successful, the IS centre was completely destroyed and all the IS members in it were killed,” Mujahid stated on Twitter.

Witnesses and AFP reporters heard blasts and shooting in the resources at the time of the raid, and photos uploaded to social networks showed a large surge and a fire at the scene.

Kabul citizen as well as government employee Abdul Rahaman informed AFP that a “a great deal” of Taliban special forces assaulted at the very least 3 residences in his neighbourhood.

” The dealing with proceeded for numerous hrs,” he stated, including the audio of tools kept him awake all night.

” They said they were after Daesh (IS) boxers in the location,” Rahman claimed.

” I don’t know how many were killed or jailed but the fighting was extreme.”

The operation happened within hours of a lethal attack targeting a prayer ceremony at the Eid Gah mosque in memory of Taliban representative Mujahid’s mommy, who passed away recently.

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A government cultural commission authorities, who asked not to be named, informed AFP that five people passed away as well as 11 were wounded, including the casualties consisted of both private citizens and also Taliban members.

” We have additionally arrested 3 individuals about the blast,” he stated.

Blood trails
According to the official, the gadget was positioned at the entry to the mosque and detonated as mourners were leaving after supplying acknowledgements to Mujahid and his household.

A witness at the mosque, who asked not to be recognized, informed AFP that Sunday’s strike at the entryway was executed by a solitary self-destruction bomber.

Just outside the eastern gateway, a dark spot showed up on the ground where the explosion occurred and also bullet holes could be seen in a wall.

The witness claimed a group of Taliban participants– including elderly numbers– inside the mosque grounds came under fire after the blast, taking 2 casualties.

He added that 2 Taliban devices erroneously opened fire on each other in the complication following the surge, yet interior ministry spokesman Qari Sayed Khosti denied there had been any shooting.

“A suicide bombing plane detonated his explosives among the crowd killing three people as well as wounding a loads,” he stated.

Trails of blood right into the mosque, along with 2 red swimming pools where the witness stated the injured fighters were treated within, were seen by AFP press reporters on Monday.

On Monday, Mujahid informed AFP that an examination was still ongoing but “preliminary info suggests that Daesh-linked groups might have carried out the attack”.

The Taliban as well as the Afghanistan branch of IS– called the Islamic State-Khorasan Province, or IS-K– differ on the concerns of faith and also technique, which has actually led to bloody fighting between both.