Senior Taliban Commander Killed in Attack on Kabul Hospital, Reports Say

On Tuesday, the Afghan capital was targeted by twin explosions that killed at least 23 and wounded 50. According to preliminary reports, the Daesh* terror group is responsible for the attack.

A senior Taliban* commander was reportedly killed during the attack on the Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan military hospital. Hamdullah Mukhlis was among the fighters killed when his men responded to the assault, a source told Sputnik on Wednesday.

"Hamdullah [Mukhlis], the commander of the Kabul corps, was killed in... the Daesh attack", the source said.

The commander was a member of the Haqqani network* and an officer in the Badri Corps special forces.

#Afghanistan- At least 25 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in an attack on Afghanistan’s biggest military hospital on Tuesday which saw two heavy blasts followed up by gunmen assaulting the site in central #Kabul
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The situation in the country remains uneasy after the Taliban takeover in August. In the meantime, recent reports suggest that ex-security personnel have been joining the Daesh terrorists since the collapse of the US-backed government.

In early August, the Taliban launched a major offensive against Afghan government troops, amid the US withdrawal from the country. The Taliban entered Kabul on 15 August and in September seized control over all the Afghan provinces.

*The Haqqani network, the Taliban, and Daesh (also known as Islamic State/ISIS/IS) are terrorist groups banned in Russia and many other nations.