The complex and coordinated assault on Jalalabad prison was perpetrated by nine ISIS–K attackers apportioned into five separate elements: general attack, fixing, breach, raid, and IED.
General attack element The first of five operational elements was the general attack element, which comprised three fighters, later identified by the group under the following aliases • Abu Ali al-Pubjabi () • Hamid al-Tajiki (), and •
Mawlawi Saad al-Khorasani (). In July 2016, 60-year-old V.J. Sebastian Francis, a resident of Kasargod, filed a complaint with local police two months after his 30-year-old son-in-law Abdul Rashid failed to return after traveling to
Mumbai, alongside his wife Sonia Sebastian (alias: Ayisha, named for
Muhammad's third wife), and their two-year-old daughter, whose name has not been published. In a short period, fourteen other missing persons cases had amassed at the same police station and
Kerala State Police began to investigate their disappearances, one of which included Ijas. Sonia Sebastian remains in Taliban custody in Pul-e-Charki prison in Kabul, posting an online video expressing her dissatisfaction with ISIS–K and regret in traveling to Afghanistan as her father petitions for her extradition to India.
Fixing element The third of five operational elements was the fixing element comprising two fighters: Abu Duaa al-Hindi () and
Khaybar al-Kabuli (). This element was tasked to fix (prevent movement of) U.S. military forces at
Forward Operating Base (FOB) Fenty using three mortars of unspecified model and 270 mortar rounds of unspecified caliber following the VBIED breach in order to prevent U.S. forces from effectively responding to the assault on Jalalabad prison. == Analysis ==