1) #IS/#ISKP claims first attacks specifically targeting #Taliban in Afghanistan since the latter took power on 15 Aug. IS said it carried out a series of 7 IED attacks on Taliban members in the eastern city of Jalalabad on 18 and 19 Sep, allegedly "killing and wounding over 35"
2) In its claims, IS uses its typical wording to describe the Taliban, calling them an "apostate militia". IS released an image and a video of a low-profile IED blast to support its claims
3) As far as I can see, the Taliban have yet to comment on these attacks, which local media said also harmed civilians who were in the vicinity of the blasts
4) Although IS claimed a deadly attack at Kabul airport on 26 Aug, followed by a claim of shelling the airport with rockets on 30 Aug, those attacks did not cite the Taliban as the immediate target and instead gloated at the harm they had done to the US and its "collaborators"
5) The last time IS claimed an attack on the Taliban was on 14 August, a day before the latter captured Kabul, saying it wounded a Taliban member in Nangarhar
6) According to Qatari Al Jazeera, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has accused IS of standing behind latest Jalalabad blasts:
https://twitter.com/AJABreaking/status/1439821099882143746
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