The Latest: Islamic State militants claim attacks on Taliban

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CAIRO — The extremist Islamic State radical has claimed work for a bid of deadly bombings targeting Taliban vehicles successful eastbound Afghanistan.

The claim, published precocious Sunday connected the militant group's media arm, the Aamaq quality agency, signals a increasing menace to the Taliban by their long-time rivals.

At slightest 8 people, including respective Taliban fighters, were killed successful the attacks connected Sunday and Saturday successful the provincial metropolis of Jalalabad, an IS stronghold.

The Taliban seized power of Afghanistan successful a blitz run past month, overrunning the superior of Kabul portion U.S. and NATO were successful the last signifier of withdrawing their troops. The past overseas soldiers near Aug. 30.

The Taliban present look large economical and information challenges successful trying to govern Afghanistan, and an accelerated run of IS attacks volition further complicate those efforts. The Taliban and IS extremists were enemies earlier overseas troops near Afghanistan.

Both groups subscribe to a harsh mentation of Islam, but the Taliban person focused connected taking power of Afghanistan, portion IS affiliates successful Afghanistan and elsewhere telephone for planetary jihad.

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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistani information forces said they killed successful an cognition connected Monday a notorious Pakistani Taliban commandant suspected of engagement successful the sidesplitting of 4 women teachers successful a erstwhile militant stronghold successful the country's northwest.

A subject connection said Saif Ullah was progressive successful the February onslaught successful the municipality of Mir Ali successful North Waziristan province, which borders Afghanistan, erstwhile the 4 teachers were gunned down portion traveling successful a car.

The subject said the fishy was besides progressive successful past attacks connected Pakistani information forces, operation engineers and kidnappings for ransom successful the region.

The Pakistani Taliban, who are a abstracted militant radical from the Afghan Taliban, person for years waged warfare against the authorities successful Islamabad. They were besides down the 2012 onslaught that wounded Malala Yousafzai, who successful 2014 became Pakistan’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her enactment arsenic an advocator for young women’s education. Malala is the youngest idiosyncratic to beryllium awarded the Nobel prize.

There are concerns that the Pakistani Taliban are becoming emboldened aft the Afghan Taliban past period took powerfulness successful Afghanistan arsenic U.S. and NATO forces were successful the last stages of their pullout from the country. Militants successful Pakistan successful wide person successful caller months stepped up attacks successful North Waziristan, raising fears they are regrouping successful the area, a erstwhile Taliban stronghold.

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The interim politician of Afghanistan’s superior says galore pistillate metropolis employees person been ordered to enactment location by the country’s caller Taliban rulers.

Hamdullah Namony told reporters connected Sunday that lone women who could not beryllium replaced by men person been permitted to study to work. He says this includes skilled workers successful the plan and engineering departments arsenic good arsenic pistillate attendants of nationalist toilets for women.

Namony’s comments were different motion that the Taliban are enforcing their harsh mentation of Islam, including restrictions connected women successful nationalist life, contempt their archetypal promises of tolerance and inclusion. During their erstwhile regularisation successful the 1990s, the Taliban had barred girls and women from schools and jobs.

The politician says a last determination astir pistillate employees successful Kabul municipal departments is inactive pending, and that they would gully their salaries successful the meantime.

He says that earlier the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan past month, conscionable nether a 3rd of adjacent to 3,000 metropolis employees were women who worked successful each departments.

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