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Taliban, Islamic State Clash in Jowzjan: Officials
A security official on Thursday confirmed armed clashes between the Taliban and Islamic State (IS) militants in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan.
According to the official, the fighting took place in Jawzjan’s Qosh Tapa district and resulted casualties to both sides.
Provincial police Chief Rahmatullah Turkistani told Ariana News, “during the clashes three Daesh (Acronym for IS) militants were killed and four others injured; on the other side, two Taliban militants were killed and three wounded.”
Turkistani added that the clashes lasted for five hours and may start again soon as the two sides are gathering their loyalists.
The fighting was led by a Taliban commander named Qari Zia and a Daesh group commander named Qari Hekmat.
“The clashs erupt over Ushr and Zakat [taxes sanctioned by Islamic law],” Turkistani said.
The Taliban and the so-called Islamic State have attacked each other many times as they try to take or hold territory.
The two groups declared war on one another in January 2015 after Daesh announced the establishment of its branch in “Khorasan”, an old name for Afghanistan and parts of neighboring Pakistan, Iran and Central Asia.
By Farida Ameeni & Hesamuddin Hesam
Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan, has announced the release of another American citizen in the country.
Khalilzad said in a post on his X account that, according to information from the Islamic Emirate’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Faye Dai Hall, an American citizen who has been in custody in Afghanistan, will be released soon.
Earlier, George Glezmann, an American citizen whom the Islamic Emirate had held for over two years, was also released.
US Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that Joe Biden administration left about $80 billion worth of military equipment in Afghanistan, which was a “catastrophic error.”
Vance made the remarks during a visit to a military base in Greenland.
He also said the Biden administration’s “catastrophic error” led to the deaths of 13 US soldiers in an attack during the evacuation at Kabul airport in August 2021.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump also criticized the abandonment of military equipment in Afghanistan and called for its return.
The Islamic Emirate, however, has said that the weapons left by the US in Afghanistan belong to the Afghans and will not be returned.
The Supreme Court announced on Saturday that based on the ruling of the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate, 2,463 prisoners have been pardoned and released on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
The court said in a statement that the prison terms of another 3,152 prisoners have been reduced.
Eid in Afghanistan will be celebrated on Sunday or Monday, depending on the moon sighting.
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