Taliban commander in Panjshir arrested for ISKP membership

Local sources in Afghanistan’s north-eastern Panjshir province confirmed to KabulNow that the Taliban’s intelligence agents arrested Obaidullah Mubarez, a commander of the group, on charges of having membership of the Islamic State – Khurasan Province (ISKP) three days ago.

The commander is a resident of Shutal district of Panjshir. He served as the Taliban’s district governor in Shutal and is a close ally of the Taliban’s former governor for Panjshir, Qudratullah Amini.