{"id":955368,"date":"2021-11-02T20:29:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T00:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=955368"},"modified":"2021-11-02T20:29:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T00:29:25","slug":"isis-k-attacks-kabul-military-hospital-killing-dozens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/isis-k-attacks-kabul-military-hospital-killing-dozens\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIS-K Attacks Kabul Military Hospital, Killing Dozens"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisis-k-attacks-kabul-military-hospital-killing-dozens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=955368&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p2\">Dozens of people were killed, and more wounded, in an attack carried out by the Islamic State Khorasan on a military hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/02\/world\/asia\/afghanistan-kabul-hospital-attack.html\">reported<\/a> by The New York Times:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The attack, which included armed gunmen and at least one suicide bomber, targeted the 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan military hospital in one of Kabul\u2019s more affluent neighborhoods, where both wounded soldiers who fought for the former government and Taliban fighters were being treated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The outlet noted that Zabihullah Mujahid, \u201ca spokesman for the Taliban, said the attack was carried out by several members of the Islamic State, including a suicide bomber who detonated his explosives at the gate to the hospital. A car full of explosives outside the hospital also exploded, wounding dozens, and several Taliban fighters were killed and wounded in the ensuing gun battle, Mr. Mujahid said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The Islamic State Khorasan, also known as ISIS-K, claimed responsibility for the attack later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Afghanistan has been in a steady state of decline since the disastrous withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region under the leadership of President Joe Biden in August.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-left-afghanistan-taliban-took-over-now-more-families-selling-prepubescent-girls-to-keep-from-starving\">reported<\/a>, \u201cmany starving families have resorted to selling their pre-pubescent girls into marriages with older men in order to survive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cThough marrying off children under 15 is illegal nationwide, it has been commonly practiced for years, especially in more rural parts of Afghanistan. And it has only spread since August, driven by widespread hunger and desperation,\u201d CNN reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Some Afghans who assisted the United States have now been forced to join ISIS-K after the Biden administration left them after withdrawing U.S. military from the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/afghan-allies-forced-to-join-islamic-state-in-order-to-survive-after-being-abandoned-by-u-s\">reported<\/a>, \u201cThe Wall Street Journal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/left-behind-after-u-s-withdrawal-some-former-afghan-spies-and-soldiers-turn-to-islamic-state-11635691605?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=news_tab&amp;utm_content=algorithm&amp;fb_news_token=XT1TNQHALVDd%2BQuhd90zfg%3D%3D.lEGguEBKEObhaSShK0kvoJblUUS0gB5NqSZ2Hbi6Rb5Mjn5L9KoNh%2BvqrqL%2BUDXS9J0gfq%2Fh%2FtWCE3xfHS%2BH55jmnJaiXnDFRCPKClsuobvuGTR1qQw9ZmlTEtW9z4DGb2NmwkUoTsbwdnrbaVRfDkWLY%2BQJDG4f96rzk%2BvadJvF0YcN5ROa7XNmLq7zCAStomvTxppk%2BCOxs7R2TwpOSOJtcYAVAJA4h74epJmbqBNvI%2BYWCXQNUo4tdI0bYYEwrTu9dj5rBnMgblETA7lzOLSQ7F2hVUDJJ3yZP87KQmvK8gxyePlq9Hmb086NC4OiuSM6OATSB0RiQOxkCJwyG%2FJc5TlT33JwWlm2WZXsFlIHFYOorPawHPuiTOjPyuC0NhuUrEnteiCGzHFq7yUy9Q%3D%3D\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;that many turned to the Islamic State because they lacked income and were being hunted by the Taliban, which took over the country in mid-August as the U.S. withdrew its troops.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cThe number of defectors joining the terrorist group is relatively small, but growing, according to Taliban leaders, former Afghan republic security officials and people who know the defectors. Importantly, these new recruits bring to Islamic State critical expertise in intelligence-gathering and warfare techniques, potentially strengthening the extremist organization\u2019s ability to contest Taliban supremacy,\u201d the Journal reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">There has been an uptick in ISIS-K attacks throughout Afghanistan since the Taliban took over in August.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">In August, ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the Kabul terror attack that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/afghan-death-toll-95-kabul-airport-bombing\">killed<\/a> 13 U.S. service members and at least 169 Afghans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-kabul-airport-attack-2021-08-26\/\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;by Reuters, the Islamic State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of people were killed, and more wounded, in an attack carried out by the Islamic State Khorasan on a military hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.\u00a0As reported by The New York Times:\u00a0The attack, which included armed gunmen and at least one suicide bomber, targeted the 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan military hospital in one of Kabul\u2019s more affluent neighborhoods, where both wounded soldiers who fought for the former government and Taliban fighters were being treated.The outlet noted that Zabihullah Mujahid, \u201ca spokesman for the Taliban, said the attack was carried out by several members of the Islamic State, including a suicide bomber who detonated his explosives at the gate to the hospital. A car full of explosives outside the hospital also exploded, wounding dozens, and several Taliban fighters were killed and wounded in the ensuing gun battle, Mr. Mujahid said.\u201dThe Islamic State Khorasan, also known as ISIS-K, claimed responsibility for the attack later.Afghanistan has been in a steady state of decline since the disastrous withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region under the leadership of President Joe Biden in August.\u00a0As The Daily Wire reported, \u201cmany starving families have resorted to selling their pre-pubescent girls into marriages with older men in order to survive.\u201d\u201cThough marrying off children under 15 is illegal nationwide, it has been commonly practiced for years, especially in more rural parts of Afghanistan. And it has only spread since August, driven by widespread hunger and desperation,\u201d CNN reported.Some Afghans who assisted the United States have now been forced to join ISIS-K after the Biden administration left them after withdrawing U.S. military from the country.\u00a0As The Daily Wire reported, \u201cThe Wall Street Journal\u00a0reported\u00a0that many turned to the Islamic State because they lacked income and were being hunted by the Taliban, which took over the country in mid-August as the U.S. withdrew its troops.\u201d\u00a0\u201cThe number of defectors joining the terrorist group is relatively small, but growing, according to Taliban leaders, former Afghan republic security officials and people who know the defectors. Importantly, these new recruits bring to Islamic State critical expertise in intelligence-gathering and warfare techniques, potentially strengthening the extremist organization\u2019s ability to contest Taliban supremacy,\u201d the Journal reported.\u00a0There has been an uptick in ISIS-K attacks throughout Afghanistan since the Taliban took over in August.\u00a0In August, ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the Kabul terror attack that killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 169 Afghans.\u00a0As\u00a0reported\u00a0by Reuters, the Islamic State took responsibility for the attack \u2014 something that was highly suspected.\u00a0As The Daily Wire\u00a0reported\u00a0, the group is known as \u201cISIS-K,\u201d which specifies it as the \u201cKhorasan\u201d branch of the Islamic State in Afghanistan. Khorasan is a wider historical region and \u201ca vast territory now lying in northeastern\u00a0Iran, southern\u00a0Turkmenistan, and northern\u00a0Afghanistan,\u201d per\u00a0Britannica.\u00a0\u00a0A 2018\u00a0report\u00a0by the Center for Strategic and International Studies noted, \u201cLike the Islamic State\u2019s core leadership in Iraq and Syria, IS-K seeks to establish a Caliphate beginning in South and Central Asia, governed by sharia law, which will expand as Muslims from across the region and world join.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIS-K has received support from the Islamic State\u2019s core leadership in Iraq and Syria since its founding in 2015,\u201d the report stated.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-955368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=955368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}