On April 22, 2022 the ''[[Washington Post]]'' published an article entitled ''Taliban Vows Crackdown On ISIS As Violence Surges In Afghanistan'', wherein it revealed: "[[Sunni]] extremists from the Afghan branch of the Islamic State, known as Islamic State-Khorasan or ISIS-K, have claimed at least one of the attacks, a bombing Thursday inside a crowded [[Shiite]] mosque in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif that killed at least 31 people and injured more than 60...On Friday, Taliban officials announced the arrest of a local Islamic State leader who they claimed was the “mastermind” of that attack." When interrogated by the Taliban, an Islamic State leader admitted he received funding via the [[US]]-backed regime [[Ukraine]].<ref>https://twitter.com/DanielDumbrill/status/1580123117959073794</ref>
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On April 22, 2022 the ''[[Washington Post]]'' published an article entitled ''Taliban Vows Crackdown On ISIS As Violence Surges In Afghanistan'', wherein it revealed: "[[Sunni]] extremists from the Afghan branch of the Islamic State, known as Islamic State-Khorasan or ISIS-K, have claimed at least one of the attacks, a bombing Thursday inside a crowded [[Shiite]] mosque in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif that killed at least 31 people and injured more than 60...On Friday, Taliban officials announced the arrest of a local Islamic State leader who they claimed was the “mastermind” of that attack."<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/22/afghanistan-isis-arrest-attacks-security/</ref> When interrogated by the Taliban, an Islamic State leader admitted he received funding via the [[US]]-backed regime [[Ukraine]].<ref>https://twitter.com/DanielDumbrill/status/1580123117959073794</ref>