Islamic State kills senior Afghan Taliban official in Pakistan: militants

E-Paper | May 23, 2026

The militant Islamic State (IS) group killed a senior Afghan Taliban official in Peshawar, the Afghan militants said on Saturday, 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 IS on Friday claimed responsibility for "assassination of a Taliban leader" a day earlier, without naming him, through the group's affiliated news agency AMAQ.

The IS, which at one point controlled huge chunks of territory across Syria and Iraq, has made some inroads into Afghanistan but the militant 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 militant group does not control any territory inside Pakistan but the group has claimed responsibility for several large-scale bomb attacks.

Pakistan denies IS has any presence inside the country.

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Apr 29, 2017 07:37pm

What was Taliban doing in Pakistan?

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Apr 29, 2017 07:39pm

How come Afghan taliban leader would frequently visit Pakistan???

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Talal

Apr 29, 2017 07:42pm

Pakistan is not battleground for militants rivalry

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Ths

Apr 29, 2017 07:50pm

Senior Taliban official in Pakistan??

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majid

Apr 29, 2017 07:51pm

Same mindset with two different names,,,,,both are not wanted here in Pakistan, they may fight outside Pakistan & by all means finish each other .

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Shujaat Khan

Apr 29, 2017 07:53pm

@Talal Apparently it is.

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Sardar suri

Apr 29, 2017 08:07pm

Terrorists killing terrorists. A perfect solution!

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Sonny afridi

Apr 29, 2017 08:09pm

It's confirmed the Afghans and Indians are backing Daesh. We must proudly support Afghan taleban against these savages. Russia and China support this narrative too. Iranian as well

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ANT

Apr 29, 2017 08:15pm

@Sonny afridi but what are they all doing in Pakistan??

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val

Apr 29, 2017 08:17pm

@Sonny afridi you should be ashamed for defending a terrorist. Instead of asking your own govt. that AFG Taliban doing in country, you are defending killing of him.

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AMAN-london

Apr 29, 2017 08:20pm

Good Taliban, bad Taliban. This is the real story

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majid

Apr 29, 2017 08:22pm

@Sonny afridi & then when they finish Daesh they will turn towards you to impose their stupid ideology,,we must put an end to the notion of "enemy of my enemy is my friend", we have a professional army to kick out both of them from our country, as they both have the same absurd mindset.

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aslam shaikh

Apr 29, 2017 08:23pm

This proves who IS is really working for.

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RaNA

Apr 29, 2017 08:24pm

@A The border with Pakistan is unmarked and porous and thousands of afghans enter and leave Pakistan everyday to visit their relatives amongst the 5 millions refugees that live in Pakistan.

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aslam shaikh

Apr 29, 2017 08:25pm

@val Kusturica because your country's backed Afghan government is supporting IS for terrorist activities in Pakistan.

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MFK

Apr 29, 2017 08:34pm

How could taliban visit to Pakistan? Thanks to Afghan Gov. that does not want to have border

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val

Apr 29, 2017 08:47pm

@aslam shaikh So it explains, what AFG Taliban doing in Pakistan?

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khwaja

Apr 29, 2017 08:54pm

This is not the first time that Taliban leaders get killed in Pakistan cities. What message this gives to the world. Why good Taliban and bad Taliban. Why the government of Pakistan does not act against Afghan Taliban?

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Hassan

Apr 29, 2017 08:58pm

@Sonny afridi You seem to have lost your mind.

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saudagar

Apr 29, 2017 09:03pm

@Sonny afridi ,Thanks for being true to admit !

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Apr 29, 2017 09:13pm

2 criminals frequently come in my house. Living here. Killing each other. But 1) I don't know about it or 2) I don't want to know about it or 3) I know it but I am pretending I don't know it. Which one you think right?

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Javed Afghan

Apr 29, 2017 10:23pm

Afghan Taliban Leadership is in Pakistan and Pakistani government is rejecting it. This clearly exposes Pakistani government and still Pak Gov is denying it. It's damaging Pakistan's image. For god sake - Take care of Afghan Taliban on your soil before it's too late.

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Black

Apr 29, 2017 10:58pm

@ANT what they have been doing for the last 30 years when there was no Daesh.

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Reza

Apr 29, 2017 11:52pm

Afghanistan refuses to recognise and seal the Af-Pak border, which is why it is not possible to check all people crossing the 1600 km border

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Sachin

Apr 30, 2017 01:36am

Any short sighted decision to befriend or court any flavor of militant groups for short term geopolitical benefit will eventually backfire and plunge entire region in chaos. Only and only - registered and photographed soldiers in uniform and sworn under the people's constitution of the land should be allowed to hold any weapons. Everyone else should be treated as a militant and future challenge to the state's writ. Please dont make the mistake of believing any group will be good long term for the state. The groups if they see a use and throw policy will turn more vindictive later on. Better to treat them as criminals from day one.

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Sonny afridi

Apr 30, 2017 02:55am

@Hassan personal attacks means you have zero counter arguments and you deep down know I'm right! Keep sympathizing with the Indians then.

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flipflop

Apr 30, 2017 04:11am

@Sonny afridi well a lot of things have been confirmed but what has Pakistan done ? Sure India maybe involved but Pakistan issues are mostly internal so until we fix our internal issues no matter what you do foreign forces will continue to intervene in Pakistan. Think about it this way : If you keep your doors open without any fly nets then your house will be full of insects and flies and some may be harmful to you.

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Not your supporter

Apr 30, 2017 05:26am

How can we expedite this process?

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ajay

Apr 30, 2017 09:54am

I object...This is a gross human rights violation ... of whom?

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