Four Daesh militants were killed and a fifth was arrested in an operation in Kabul on Wednesday. According to Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), forces had conducted a raid on an &important nest of the enemy& in Karte-e-Sakhi area in PD3. The operation was launched at about 11.30am but a shootout between IEA and Daesh militants broke out, which lasted several hours.
The situation was eventually brought under control and a cache of weapons and ammunition was recovered. Mujahid said in a series of tweets that the Daesh cell had been planning to attack Shiites in the Kart-e-Sakhi area during the upcoming Muharram. Meanwhile, the ministry of interior said in a statement that two security personnel, including a policewoman, were killed in the standoff and four IEA soldiers were wounded.  The post Two IEA forces and 4 Daesh fighters killed in Kabul clash  first appeared on Ariana News.