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Islamic State–Taliban conflict
Part of the Afghan conflict, War in Afghanistan, War against the Islamic State, war on terror, and al-Qaeda–Islamic State conflict
Territory of the Islamic State – Khorasan Province at its peak
Date 2 February 2015 – present (11 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 4 days) Location Afghanistan (mainly Nangarhar, Kunar and Jowzjan provinces) Status Ongoing Initial Taliban victories in the battles of Darzab and Nangarhar Collapse of the Islamic State stronghold in eastern Afghanistan in 2019 Taliban captures all of the former Islamic Republic territory in 2021 IS-KP regains strength in eastern Afghanistan following Taliban takeover IS-KP rebellion in eastern Afghanistan suppressed Continued IS-KP guerilla warfare and insurgent attacks, including cross-border attacks into Pakistan
Belligerents
Afghanistan (since 2021) Taliban Haqqani network Al-Qaeda IMU (pro-Taliban & anti-IS factions) Turkistan Islamic Party Pakistani Taliban	Islamic State IS central command IS–KP Dadullah Front (until 2016) Fidai Mahaz (until 2021) IMU (until 2026)
Commanders and leaders
Hibatullah Akhundzada Mullah Yaqoob Siraj Haqqani Abdul Ghani Baradar Fasihuddin Fitrat Mohammad Bashir Neda Mohammad Formerly: Akhtar Mansour † (2015–16, killed in an American airstrike) Abdul Ghani † Haji Shakir † Hamdullah Mukhlis † Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani † Mujib Rahman Ansari † Abdulhaq Abu Omar † Mohammad Dawood Muzamil † Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi †	Shahab al-Muhajir Ismatullah Khalozai Maulawi Rajab Formerly: Hafiz Saeed Khan † Abdul Haseeb Logari † Abu Sayed † Abu Saad Erhabi † Abdul Rauf Aliza † Mawlawi Ziya ul-Haq  Abdullah Orokzai (POW) Nemat  Qari Hekmat † Farooq Bengalzai † Haji Qomandan † Mansoor Dadullah † Abdul Manan Niazi † Nangialai Khan † Mawlavi Habib Ur Rehman  Aziz Azam † Muhammad Rasul  Qari Fateh †
Units involved
Afghan Armed Forces Afghan Army Red Unit Badri 313 Battalion Afghan Air Force Ministry of Defense General Directorate of Intelligence Pro-Taliban militias	Military of the Islamic State IMU (factions) Taliban defectors Former Afghan soldiers (2021–) Former NDS personnel (2021–)
Strength
Afghanistan 1,000 special forces (2015) 70,000–75,000 fighters (2021)	IS–KP and allies 1,000–8,500 fighters (2016) 2,000–3,500 fighters (2021) HCIEA: 3,000–3,500
Casualties and losses
5,321 civilian deaths (2015–2023)

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• 2020s conflicts
• Taliban activities
• 2010s in Afghanistan
• 2020s in Afghanistan
• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)
• Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Afghanistan
• Military operations of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
• ISIL attacks on terrorists designated by the United States

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