June 23, 2015 | Quote

Afghan Troops Kill Six ISIS Militants; Taliban Car Bomb Near Parliament Kills Two

Six Islamic State group militants were killed after attacking a security checkpoint in Afghanistan. The deaths occurred Monday when an attack near the Afghan Parliament by Taliban militants killed a child and a woman.

The Afghan military released a statement confirming the death of six militants from the Islamic State group, which is also known as ISIS or ISIL. The statement said that Afghan troops had killed one of the senior commanders of the terrorist organization in the Kajaki District of Helmand province.

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John Hannah from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies believes that the Taliban has been trying to prove a point to ISIS forces. “They think that they might be able to recreate what ISIS has done in Iraq,” Hannah said, as Fox News reported. “They are looking at a U.S. drawdown significantly.”

According to Hannah, the Taliban attack near the Afghan Parliament is “very much the Taliban putting down their marker and they are on the offensive elsewhere in Afghanistan, picking up territory — the Taliban is back.” Experts believe that ISIS and the Taliban are battling against each other in Afghanistan to establish dominance in the country.

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