Taliban Say Forces Destroy Islamic State Cell Hours after Kabul Blast

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A Taliban solider stands guard in front of a house neighbouring the Islamic State hideout raided by Taliban forces on Sunday night in northern Kabul, Afghanistan October 4, 2021. Taliban government forces destroyed an Islamic State cell in the north of Kabul late on Sunday in a prolonged assault that broke the calm of a normally quiet area of the capital with hours of explosions and gunfire, officials and local residents said. REUTERS/Staff

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Afghan men gather at the site of yesterday's blast in Kabul, Afghanistan October 4, 2021. The Taliban operation came after a bomb attack near a mosque in Kabul earlier on Sunday that was later claimed by Islamic State. REUTERS/Staff

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A Taliban fighter prays at the Abdul Rahman Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 4, 2021. The local affiliate of Islamic State, known as ISIS-Khorasan after an ancient name for the region, has already claimed to have carried out attacks on Taliban targets and remains unreconciled to the Afghan Islamist movement. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

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A armed Taliban fighter walks out after prayig at the Abdul Rahman Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 4, 2021. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said a special Taliban unit carried out an operation against ISIS elements in Kabul's 17th district, in the city's north, destroying their base and killing all those in it. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

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