ISLAMABAD — Taliban safety forces killed two militants from the Islamic State group and detained a 3rd in an in a single day raid within the Afghan capital of Kabul, the spokesman for the Taliban authorities stated Monday.

The regional affiliate of the Islamic State group — referred to as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province — is a key rival of the Taliban. The militant group has elevated its assaults in Afghanistan because the Taliban takeover of the nation in August 2021. Targets have included Taliban patrols and members of Afghanistan’s Shiite minority.

Based on Zabihullah Mujahid, the principle Taliban authorities spokesman in Kabul, the operation came about in a residential neighborhood, concentrating on IS militants who have been planning to arrange assaults within the Afghan capital. He stated the Kher Khana neighborhood is a crucial IS hideout.

There was no speedy remark from the IS.

Mujahid stated two IS members have been killed and one was arrested, and ammunition and navy gear have been seized within the raid. There have been no casualties among the many Taliban forces throughout within the operation, he added.

In a separate operation this month, Taliban intelligence forces killed three IS militants and arrested one in an in a single day operation in japanese a part of Kabul, in Karti Naw neighborhood. The Taliban had claimed that IS was behind organized latest assaults within the capital.

In a single day, posts on on social media reported a number of explosions and small-arms fireplace within the space of Kher Khana .

The Taliban swept throughout the nation in mid-August 2021, seizing energy as U.S. and NATO forces have been within the final weeks of their ultimate withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of battle.