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Intelligence officers of former Afghanistan regime join ISIS-K to fight Taliban: Report
•Earlier this month, the Taliban claimed to have dismantled a Daesh hideout in the capital Kabul, blamed for many attacks
Times investigation: Expert analysis of deadly US drone strike in Kabul aftermath suggests no IS bomb
•An examination of the scene of the strike, conducted by The Times’ visual investigations team and a Times reporter the morning afterward, and followed up with a second visit four days later, found no evidence of a second, more powerful explosion
US drone strike in Kabul under scanner after military analysis on quality of intel
•The rules of engagement allowed the military to conduct a strike if the operators and intelligence analysts had “reasonable certainty” that they had a legitimate ISIS-K target
US investigating if civilians killed in Kabul airstrike after reports of child casualties emerge
•The US airstrike came after a suicide bomber from the Islamic State group on Thursday targeted US troops stopping huge crowds of people from entering the airport
Former Afghan envoy claims Pakistan birthed Taliban to counter India, says sanctions only way to deal with it
•Saikal also said that a fresh UN report establishes the symbiotic ties between ISIL-K, Taliban and the al-Qaeda.
Islamic State's Afghanistan head killed in US forces' strike, says Pentagon
•The US forces have killed the head of Islamic State's Afghanistan branch in a strike on the terror group's headquarters in Kunar Province