The Taliban carry out an operation against a "major hideout" of Islamic State in Kabul

MADRID, 14 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Taliban have assured that their security forces have carried out an operation against an "important hideout" of the Islamic State jihadist group in the capital, Kabul, an operation that has resulted in "several" deaths.

The spokesman for the Taliban and Afghan Deputy Minister of Information, Zabihulá Mujahid, has indicated in a message on his account on the social network Twitter that the operation was carried out in Karta, located in District 8 of the capital. "Several of them have died," he said, without providing a number.

"Because the area is densely populated, the operation is being carried out with caution," he pointed out, before stressing that it is "an important group" of members of the Islamic State involved in several attacks in Kabul, also against "foreign citizens".

Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), which considers the Taliban traitors to the orthodoxy of 'sharia' or Islamic law and defends a much harsher interpretation, has been the target of a security campaign by the Taliban before its attacks.