Taliban claims killing of ISKP’s second-in-command in Balkh night raids

The Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) claimed on Sunday its forces killed ISKP second in command Malawi Ziauddin and two other senior commanders in night raids conducted ten days earlier in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province.

The Taliban said recent investigations proved Mawlawi Ziauddin served as the ISKP’s governor and chief judge before his death. “He was the 2nd key leader in its Khorasan branch and also known as Mawlawi Mohammad,” the Taliban claimed.