In a statement uploaded to the Telegram platform on Friday, the organization accused the cleric of engaging in a “propaganda war” against IS.
The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has claimed responsibility for the killing earlier this week of a cleric in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
In a statement uploaded to the Telegram platform on Friday, the organization accused the cleric of engaging in a “propaganda war” against IS.
On Thursday, gunmen killed the Imam of the Abu Bakr Siddiqui Islamic Mosque and an attendant in Kabul as they were leaving the place of worship after prayers, according to the Taliban regime’s police.
Since the Taliban regained power in August 2021 in Afghanistan, IS attacks against security forces and civilians, including clerics, have been frequent.
Although the regime claims to have crushed the jihadist group and captured or killed dozens of its members, analysts point out that IS still poses the most significant security challenge in Afghanistan.
At least 53 people, mostly schoolgirls and minors, were killed and more than 100 injured in the attack on an educational facility in a predominantly Shiite and Hazara district of Kabul almost two months ago on September 30.
Dedicated Taliban associates have repeatedly been targeted by IS suicide bombers.
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