Amaq News Agency: ISKP Suicide attack against Taliban in Kandahar

  

Alessandra Ciffo

 

On March 21st, through Amaq News Agency, the Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the suicide improvised explosive device (IED) belt against a Taliban militia gathering in  District 1, Kandahar City, Southern Afghanistan,  in which dozens of them were killed and wounded.

Amaq News Agency reported that on the morning of Thursday, March 21st, Khorasan Province (ISKP) fighter named Muawiya Panjshiri, who was allegedly originally from Panjshir Province, Pakistan, walked into a crowd of around 150 Taliban and government members and employees, who were at the time attending to take their salaries from a bank in District I in the city of  Kandahar, Afghanistan. Then, he detonated his improvised explosive belt, which led to the killing and injuring of dozens of people. Among the victims, it has been identified Mansur Ahmed, one of the Taliban commanders.

Moreover, it has been noticed that,  despite the efforts of the Taliban regime to disclose information about the terrorist attack, images and footage appeared online showing some of the victims taken to the city hospital.