{"id":39514,"date":"2017-08-08T07:06:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T07:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=39514"},"modified":"2017-08-08T07:06:07","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T07:06:07","slug":"isis-and-taliban-join-forces-in-deadly-village-attack-afghan-officials-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/isis-and-taliban-join-forces-in-deadly-village-attack-afghan-officials-claim.html","title":{"rendered":"ISIS and Taliban join forces in deadly village attack, Afghan officials claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">ISIS and Taliban join forces in deadly village attack, Afghan officials claim<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Taliban and ISIS forces launched a joint attack on a village in northern Afghanistan, killing 50 people including women and children, local officials claimed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The village, in the Mirzawalang area of Sar-e-Pul province, came under attack by militants from the two groups, Mohammad Noor Rahmani, the head of Sar-e-Pul provincial council said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Zabiullah Amani, a provincial spokesman, said that the joint force attacked the area Thursday afternoon and had secured the area in 48 hours. He said 10 militants were killed in the attack, and a further 12 injured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">They beheaded some of the 50 victims, and shot others, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A Taliban spokesman denied that the two groups had joined forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;it is completely wrong, it is propaganda of our enemy, ISIS is our enemy, there is no ISIS in Sar-e-Pul. Our commander in Sar-e-Pul is called Ghazanfar, who is not an ISIS,&#8221; Zabiullah Mojahid, a Taliban spokesman, told CNN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Another Taliban representative, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, denied killing the civilians, also saying it was &#8220;propaganda&#8221; from the group&#8217;s enemies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In the statement he said &#8220;only 28 local militia were killed&#8221;, adding that their bodies were given to local elders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Najib Danish, a spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of the Interior, said that the government is planning an operation to retake the area from militants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: 'Andale Mono', Times\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2017\/08\/07\/asia\/taliban-isis-joint-afghanistan-village-attack\/index.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/isis-and-taliban-join-forces-in-deadly-village-attack-afghan-officials-claim.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISIS and Taliban join forces in deadly village attack, Afghan officials claim Taliban and ISIS forces launched a joint attack on a village in northern Afghanistan, killing 50 people including women and children, local officials claimed. 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