AVA - IEA forces raid Daesh hideout in Kabul

Officials said, Special forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) raided a Daesh hideout in capital Kabul, killing six militants.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for IEA, said that initially two militants were arrested and then a Daesh hideout was discovered and raided in PD 8 of the city.

Six militants were killed in the operation. Weapons, hand grenades, explosives and a Corolla type car were also seized in the operation, he said.

The militants had been involved in recent attacks including Kaj educational center and the one close to Wazir Akbar Khan mosque.

One IEA security force members was killed and another wounded during the operation, Mujahid said.