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| Afghanistan |
| Nangarhar Under Daesh Control Warns Locals |
| 2015-05-22 |
| [Tolo News] A Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. tribal chief Shan Pachah Shinwari said on Thursday evening that most of the province has come under Daesh control and government is being accused of ignoring the problem. In addition, it emerged that serious festivities have been the order of the day for at least a month and that out of 22 districts, only five or six are still under government control. The rest are now controlled by Daesh. This grim picture emerged during Shahpoor Bakhtyar's Tawde Khabare (Hard Talk) current affairs show that was broadcast Thursday night at 10pm. The guests on the show were all Nangarhar residents and included Shinwari, Zabiullah Izmari a member of the provincial council, Noor Agha Zwak a civil society activist and Qazi Ismael Azad another civil society activist. All four guests concurred that Daesh has emerged as the strongest bully boy group in the province. However, those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... contradicting statements emerged with Izmari saying that Daesh mistreats the locals and kidnaps them but Shinwari disputed this, saying Daesh is actually treating the people well. According Shinwari, Daesh has told the locals that they are not targeting Shinwari said because of this, Daesh is attracting large numbers of supporters from among the local communities. He went on to say thon the lam numbers of Pak Taliban have moved into Afghanistan and have joined forces with Daesh and together they are fighting Afghan Taliban. Izmari meanwhile said that Bakhtyar, an Afghan Taliban capo, who was imprisoned by the US in Bagram and freed after a few years -- is now a Daesh leader in Nangarhar. He also said that another Afghan Taliban capo Abdul Khaliq lowered the Taliban flag in favor of Daesh's black flag. He is now actively operating as a Daesh member. Izmari blasted government for not taking the problem seriously. He said out of 22 districts, only five or six are still in the hands of the government. The rest have fallen to Daesh. According to Zwak, at least 80 percent of Nangarhar is now controlled by Daesh. He said Afghan Taliban are also increasingly coming under pressure to join Daesh. He said they are doing so as Daesh is better equipped. Azad meanwhile said that various stakeholders in the province have raised the issue of Daesh with national government on numerous occasions but have until how been ignored. Shinwari said a worrying factor was that Daesh was also now largely made up of local people. He said the issue of security has tanked to such an extent for one reason only -- bad governance. |
| Posted by:Fred |