The Taliban said on Monday they had destroyed an Islamic State cell in the Afghan capital, hours after a suspected IS attack on a mosque killed five people.
The Taliban's chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said fighters carried out the operation in the north of Kabul on Sunday evening."As a result of the operation, which was very decisive and successful, the IS centre was completely destroyed and all the IS members in it were killed," Mujahid said on Twitter.
Kabul resident and government employee Abdul Rahaman told AFP that a"large number" of Taliban special forces attacked at least three houses in his neighbourhood. The operation took place within hours of a deadly attack targeting a prayer ceremony at the Eid Gah mosque in memory of Taliban spokesman Mujahid's mother, who died last week.
On Monday, Mujahid told AFP that an investigation was still ongoing but"initial information suggests that Daesh-linked groups may have carried out the attack".
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