The Taliban eliminated the ISIS-Khorasan terrorist group, including its commander, who was a native of Uzbekistan, Khaaama Press reports with reference to the statement of the official representative of the Taliban Mujahed.
According to information, the ISIS-Khorasan group was destroyed on June 11 in the city of Talukan, the administrative center of the Northern Province of Tahar. Earlier, the Taliban intelligence found out that a group of terrorists, planning a terrorist attack in the city, arrived in Talukan. “One of these people, who is a foreign citizen, was detained in the center of Talukan, and information was received from him about the whereabouts of his accomplices. During the interrogation, the detainee said that in addition to him in the area of the eastern project on Kalfagani Street, another 14 terrorists are armed with various various weapons. They planned to attack the Taliban base. When their whereabouts were established, the Takharsky garrison and the security forces of the Taliban in the city of Talukan surrounded and attacked the house in which ISIS militants took refuge, ”said the informed source.
It is noted that the clash lasted about three hours. As a result, eight terrorists were eliminated, three more militants managed to arrest, and two escaped. In addition, 6 civilians who were under fire were killed by accident.
The losses among the Taliban themselves are not reported.
“from the detainees, it became known that the commander of this group was a citizen of Uzbekistan Yunus Uzbekistani, he is one of the dead,” the source explained.