2 Police Killed in Clash With ISIS Gunmen in Afghan Capital

2 Police Killed in Clash With ISIS Gunmen in Afghan Capital
Taliban fighters patrol on the back of a vehicle along a road in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 15, 2022. Javed Tanveer/AFP via Getty Images
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ISLAMABAD—A gunbattle in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul left at least five people dead Wednesday, including two Taliban police and three ISIS terrorist group gunmen, a Taliban official said.

Khalid Zadran, the Taliban spokesman for the Kabul police chief, said police had launched an operation against the gunmen’s hideout, killing at least three in the Karti Sakhi neighborhood in western Kabul. He said the gunmen were ISIS group fighters.