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On March 27, 2024, Afghan journalist Mukhtar Wafayee published a copy of a letter and said in a Dari-language tweet that there is a widespread fear among Taliban officials of surprise attacks by the Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP). Mullah Wali Jan Hamza, the Taliban's police commander in Kabul, in the letter, a copy of which was shared with Mukhtar Wafayee, warned that ISKP is planning to attack Taliban officials with a new tactic.[1]
Mukhtar Wafayee added that ISIS members try to enter the Taliban government's institutions by creating fake legal applications and cases, and after familiarizing themselves with the environment and identifying people, they attack their desired targets. His tweet pointed out the killing of Daud Muzmail, the Taliban's governor of Balkh, by an ISKP suicide bomber, noting that he entered the governor's workplace many times under the pretext of pursuing his legal case.
The letter, dated March 27, 2024, is numbered 2905 and was published from the address of Plan and Operation Management, Kabul Province Police Command, the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
The translation of the letter is as follows:
"To the Honorable Deputy of Security Affairs!
"Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barkatahu
"Information of the new tactic of the enemy (Khawarij)[2] today is as follows:
"Attention Mujahideen!
"Especially to the officials of the Emirate such as district governors, commanders, governors, and heads of courts.
"Khawarij [ISKP] has started another new tactic and trick, which is that they write false petitions and make fake lawsuits and make friends with mujahideen and other officials at checkpoints through forgery. In this way, the enemy is trying to harm the mujahideen and make them martyrs. So, all the mujahideen should know that the enemy should not achieve their evil goals.
"Share it on your [social media] groups so that all the mujahideen will be informed..."
[1] X.com/Mukhtarwafayee (Afghanistan), March 27, 2024.
[2] The Kharijites (literally, "those who come out"), were an early Islamic sect that advocated excommunicating Muslims for even minor sins and was proclaimed heretical by the mainstream Sunna. Today, the term is used to brand Muslim groups as extremist.
