Daesh kills senior Afghan Taliban official in Peshawar

Daud was based in Afghanistan’s Logar province but would frequently visit Pakistan

The Daesh killed a senior Afghan Taliban official in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, the Afghan militants said yesterday, in a rare clash between the rival Islamist groups inside Pakistan.

Afghan Taliban sources told Reuters Maulvi Daud was killed on the outskirts of Peshawar with two other men on Thursday. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed Daud’s death. The Daesh on Friday claimed responsibility for “assassination of a Taliban leader” a day earlier, without naming him, through the group’s news agency AMAQ.

Daesh has made some inroads into Afghanistan but the group has met tough resistance from the Taliban as well as US and Afghan special forces.

Afghan Taliban sources said Daud was based in Afghanistan’s Logar province but would frequently visit Pakistan.

The Daesh does not control any territory inside Pakistan but the group has claimed responsibility for several bomb attacks. Pakistani officials say the Daesh does not have a presence inside the country.