Taliban security operation: Suspected ISIL detained

 In Afghanistan where the Taliban says that it's rounded up dozens of fighters linked to ISIL. The detentions are part of a major security operation launched by the new Taliban government in the eastern city of Jalalabad. The campaign comes after a series of attacks claimed by ISIL in Afghanistan. The chief spokesman for the Taliban said that this was an extension of a security operation against ISIL in the capital when the Taliban took over the country last month. Some ISIL and Afghanistan operatives moved to Kabul and Jalalabad. Taliban have launched an operation in Kabul and arrested many.

 

Another operation is underway in Jalalabad and the Taliban are hunting down those who were sowing chaos and those who were behind the recent attacks. Taliban have caught dozens so far going straight to Hashem Alabama. Then who's in Kabul forest Hashem ?  and what more do people know about this operation and its aims well. Adrian this is an operation that aims to contain the rise of those attacks that have been carried out over the last few days talking basically about dozens of attacks particularly in Jalalabad which has become the focal point of the Islamic State of Horsham a major ISIL affiliate which is operating here in Afghanistan. They have proclaimed responsibility for most of the attacks and they have vowed to continue the fight against the Taliban.

 

They consider the Taliban to be enemies of Islam and they say that they will hold ground and that they will continue to spread their ideology across the country. It's quite interesting what is happening here now in Afghanistan Adrian. As the night falls the Taliban fighter set up major checkpoints across the city of Kabul why Kabul because pretty much concerned about cells operating here and they would like to get hold of everyone before there's any major blast or suicide bombing attack. A spoke earlier today with the Taliban spokesperson and he said that over the last few days the Taliban arrested ISIL operatives here in Kabul and that they have engaged to arrest more than 33 ISIL operatives in Jalalabad.

 

When asked about whether people are going to see any major military operation, he said that basically what is happening now is that they are relying on their intelligence institution which has just been established in the country, and that they are aiming to get hold of most of the networks operating in Jalalabad. But he was adamant this is the beginning of a new chapter and that the Taliban are determined to clamp down and eradicate ISIL. It is quite a delicate moment for the Taliban. Because when the Taliban came and took over Afghanistan last month they said that one of their major assets is restoring stability and security in the country. If we see major attacks in the capital Kabul there's going to be a major event for the reputation of the Taliban. what sort of a threat does the ISIL in Afghanistan pose to the Taliban that how strong a fighting force are they.

We don't have any exact estimates about the numbers of ISIL  fighters operating in Afghanistan but some say that there are more than a thousand fighters.

 

 It is thought that about a hundred ISIL fighters based in Jalalabad and that some of their own hard die-hard fighters managed to escape major prisons here in Kabul also in the southern part of the country following the Taliban take over the concern. But because these are highly trained people who have been saying since 2015 when the ISIL was established in Afghanistan that they would like to implement their own version of sharia in Afghanistan.  Saying that they are pledging allegiance to the ISIL base in Syria and Iraq. Now, will the Taliban be able to defeat them? This is going to be the biggest challenge because when they signed the deal with the Americans in Doha in 2020, one of the prerequisites for that deal was to prevent ISIL from using Afghanistan as a launching pad for any attacks targeting the US or Europe.

Now the Taliban seem to be confident that in the upcoming days they will be able to deploy many fighters and soldiers their basic units which is the elite force of the Taliban along with the intelligence apparatus to be able to get hold of ISIL operatives. There is also an Al-Qaeda affiliate in Afghanistan who seems to be confident. Most of the foreign fighters affiliated with Al-Qaeda fled Afghanistan. Those who are remaining Afghan people embrace the ideology of Al-Qaeda. It's quite interesting Adrian that a few years ago for the Americans, the Al Qaeda Taliban ISIL were just different sides of the same thing which is basically the need to clamp down on radical ideology. Today the Taliban find them on a collision course with ISIL and with Al-Qaeda. If they manage to control them contain them or defeat them that could be quite important for it. It could pave the way for the international recognition of the Taliban and for the abiding administration to have to unfreeze the Afghan assets which still are frozen by the American administration al Jazeera's Hashim helped.