ISLAMABAD—An overnight raid by Taliban members in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh Province killed six members of the ISIS terrorist group, a Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday.
The regional affiliate of ISIS has been the key rival of the Taliban since their takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021. The terrorist group has increased its attacks, targeting both Taliban members and members of Afghanistan’s Shiite minority.
According to Mohammad Asif Waziri, a spokesman for the police chief in Balkh, the operation late Monday night targeted an ISIS hideout in Nahri Shahi district and six members of the extremist group were killed.
The Taliban swept across Afghanistan in August 2021, seizing power as U.S. and NATO forces were withdrawn after 20 years of war….