<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">In Afghanistan, Islamic State fighters attacked the house of a Taliban commander in the northern Afghan province of Sar-e </span>Pul<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> yesterday, killing at least 15 people as they were attending a prayer ceremony. </span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Spokesman for the Sar-e-Pul governor's office, Zabihullah Amani said, the IS fighters entered a Taliban commander's house where a ceremony was underway and opened fire. He said 15 Taliban were killed and another five wounded. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Northern Afghanistan has become one of the main areas of Islamic State activity in the country as the movement has spread beyond its original base in the eastern province of Nangarhar.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Yesterday's attack follows reports of fighting between Islamic State and Taliban militants in other northern provinces over recent days.</div>