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Afghanistan: Daesh Captures Tora Bora, Once Bin Laden’s Fortress

Afghanistan: Daesh Captures Tora Bora, Once Bin Laden’s Fortress
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Tora Bora, the Afghan mountain border stronghold that was once Saudi al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's fortress, fell to Daesh [the Arabic acronym for the Takfiri ‘ISIS/ISIL' group] early Wednesday.

Afghanistan: Daesh Captures Tora Bora, Once Bin Laden’s Fortress

Villagers fleeing the area on Wednesday reported that the Taliban terrorists who had previously controlled the extensive cave and tunnel complex fled overnight after a weeklong assault by Daesh.

For their part, Afghan officials said on Thursday that Daesh terrorists seized the cave and tunnel complexes in Tora Bora from the rival Taliban after days of fighting.

"Those areas around Tora Bora were a Taliban stronghold, but now Daesh militants captured them during fighting," said the police commander in the area, Shah Wali.

The remote region, in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province, used to be the hideout of notorious Saudi al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in late 2001 before he fled to Pakistan, where he was killed years later.

"After Achin, Daesh was looking for a second stronghold and now they have it," Wali said, referring to the Achin district, which is located in the same southern Afghan province as Tora Bora.

Meanwhile, Daesh has said it plans to extend the territory under its control in Afghanistan.

"We are in Tora Bora, but this is not the end," Abu Omar Khorasani, a Daesh commander, said as quoted by media, adding, "The plan is to take more territory from the government and the Taliban."

Daesh, which is mainly concentrated in Iraq and Syria, has been sustaining heavy losses in battles with national armies and allied forces in those countries in the past months.

The Takfiri group emerged in Afghanistan in early 2015 and has claimed responsibility for some deadly attacks in the country.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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