Blast Kills Taliban Intelligence Officer in Eastern Afghanistan, Source Says

KABUL, (Sputnik) - A Taliban* intelligence officer was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday morning, a local source told Sputnik.

"A Taliban intelligence officer died in an explosion in the city of Jalalabad this morning", the source said.

A day before, a blast in Jalalabad hit a car belonging to the Taliban, leaving two people dead and six more injured.

On 18 September, another explosion struck Jalalabad, killing three people and wounding 19 others. The Daesh* terror group claimed responsibility for the attack.

In an interview earlier this week, Afghan Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Zabihullah Mujahid told Sputnik that the Daesh presence in the country is small, and the Taliban are working to eradicate it.

The Taliban took over Afghanistan on 15 August amid the withdrawal of the US-led NATO troops. The coalition forces left the country by 31 August, ending the nearly 20-year foreign military campaign in Afghanistan. The last stronghold of the anti-Taliban resistance in the Panjshir province fell on 6 September.

*The Taliban is an organisation under UN sanctions over terrorist activities.

**Daesh, also known as IS/ISIS/ISIL/Islamic State, is a terrorist group banned in Russia and many other nations.