On November 2, local time, in the sound of two huge explosions, a cloud of black smoke quickly rose over kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Another bombing attack, which has been carried out by the Isis-khorasan branch of the Islamic State (ISIS-K) since Atta took power. Unlike previous terrorist attacks targeting religious sites, isis-k's attack targeted Afghanistan's largest military hospital, mostly treated by wounded Taliban fighters and former Afghan army veterans.
ISIS-K is no stranger to the hospital, which they attacked in 2017. Sources indicate that the bombing attack was the worst terrorist attack on Kabul since Atta took power in August. At least 25 people were killed and more than 50 injured, including a senior Taliban commander.
Afterwards, the Islamic State Khorasan branch issued a statement on social networks saying that 5 members were involved in the terrorist attack. One of the suicide attackers on a motorcycle detonated explosives at the entrance of the hospital, followed by terrorists shouting religious slogans rushing into the hospital with guns, and after a burst of gunfire, they detonated a car filled with explosives at the entrance of the hospital and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the arriving Taliban forces.
Atta paid enough attention to this provocative terrorist attack in the center of the capital. They dispatched at least three helicopters, including Black Hawk helicopters, to provide air support for the ground firefight and to drop rapid reaction units on the roof of the hospital. However, the final result was not optimistic, although none of the five terrorists involved in the terrorist attack survived, but the Atta armed forces involved in the encirclement and suppression also suffered several casualties, and a rare senior commander was killed.
According to the reports later, Atta's dispatch this time was the elite force of the Badri Army, which was heavily publicized in the process of receiving in Kabul. The Atta member who died in the mission was one of the commanders of the Badri Army and the highest-ranking member killed by the Taliban after the occupation of Kabul. It is reported that after the explosion that day, he rushed to the scene as soon as possible, and some Taliban members advised him not to take risks, but he insisted on rushing into the hospital to participate in the battle, and finally found dead in the fierce battle inside the hospital.
With such a fierce gun battle in the heart of Kabul, the ISIS-K terrorist attack has once again raised concerns about whether Atta can maintain the situation in Afghanistan, not least because of the casualties and impact of the attacks.
Not long ago, there were media reports that the power of ISIS is quietly growing in Afghanistan. They have begun to incorporate U.S.-trained military and intelligence personnel from the former Afghan government. Most of these former members of the government joined ISIS for economic reasons. Many of them have been without a salary for months and have finally opted in under the lure of ISIS's "paycheck".
Although U.S. troops have withdrawn from Afghanistan, the large number of guns and weapons invested by the U.S. military and the trained armed forces continue to affect the security situation in Afghanistan. The U.S. economic blockade of Afghanistan makes it difficult for Atta to change the status quo in the short term. U.S. politicians and the military are well aware of how serious the counterterrorism situation in Afghanistan is today, but their vigilance against Atta has led them to insist that U.S. forces should return to Central Asia to deal with terrorists personally. But the problem is that no country around Afghanistan is willing to lure wolves into the house anymore. In this case, ISIS-k has gained room to grow.
The terrorist attack on the Afghan hospital, perhaps the most shocked is not the Afghan people, but Atta, even if they have been doing their best to maintain the security of the capital Kabul, but still by the terrorist attack of 5 terrorists, such a thing happened in the case of the most elite special operations forces and the use of helicopter air support. If ISIS-K continues to grow, it will be even harder for Atta to gain international recognition.