A regional branch of the Islamic State group has claimed a rare deadly attack on a Taliban official in northeastern Afghanistan, a monitoring group said.
The head of the information and culture department in Badakhshan, Zabihullah Amiri, was shot dead Tuesday while en route to the provincial capital Faizabad.
The Islamic State-Khorasan group said Wednesday it carried out the attack.
“The soldiers of the Caliphate targeted a commander from the apostate Taliban militia… with machine guns, killing him along with one of his guards,” it said in a statement quoted by monitoring organisation SITE Intelligence Group.
Amiri was a nephew of Amanuddin Mansur, the governor of southern Helmand province.Latest News, Breaking News & Top News Stories | The Express TribuneAFPRead More