Top ISIS commander captured in Afghanistan.

Fighters and AK's. BBC. 

The leader of ISIS in Afghanistan, Zia al-Haq, aka Sheikh Omar Khorasani, has been captured by Afghan security forces. BBC.  Al-Haq was captured along with two other senior ISIS commanders. The arrests were due to intelligence that came from other captured ISIS fighters. Though the Taliban is the main opponent of the Afghan government ISIS has been very active in the region and has been responsible for several major terror attacks. The capture is a major blow to ISIS in Afghanistan, which is one of the few organizations that hasn't been dismantled since ISIS's peak in 2015.

My Comment:

Just a quick post about a major story that isn't really getting much in the way of coverage. ISIS is no longer the draw it used to be as they are no longer the threat they used to be. There are bigger stories right now that are drowning out this one, but that doesn't mean that the story isn't important. 

ISIS in Afghanistan is one of the last remaining ISIS affiliates that can actually launch attacks. ISIS has been defeated almost everywhere else and this is a huge blow to the remaining forces still under the ISIS flag. 

ISIS has been a major threat to both the Afghan government and the Taliban and that is one of the reasons that the peace process has started there. Both the Taliban and the government are disgusted by ISIS and their  terrible attacks against civilians. Considering the Taliban is a group of terrorists that's really saying something. 

I am somewhat impressed that the Afghans were able to pull this off. I haven't been too impressed with the Afghan's military as they have never been able to fight off the Taliban. But this was an impressive operation and they should be praised for pulling it off. 

Thankfully, ISIS is mostly a bad memory these days. They have been completely destroyed, their leadership is dead or in prison and they haven't pulled off a major terror attack since the Easter attack in Sri Lanka back in 2019. And now, even their Afghanistan branch is without leadership. It's unlikely that they will be able to recover anytime soon.