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| IS recruiting but not yet operational in Afghanistan: Nato General | |
| 2015-05-25 | |
| [DAWN] The Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group is recruiting fighters in Afghanistan, but they are not yet operational, said the commander of foreign forces in the country on Saturday. There have been fears of IS making inroads in Afghanistan since United States-led NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... forces ended their combat mission late last year, after 13 years of fighting myrmidons. "There's recruiting going on in Afghanistan, there is recruiting going on in Pakistain. There is money being passed back and forth," said General John F Campbell, the commander of NATO forces in the country. The Middle Eastern group, also known as Daesh, has never formally acknowledged a presence in Afghanistan and most self-styled IS bully boyz in the country are believed to be Taliban turncoats rebranding themselves to appear a more lethal force.
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| Posted by:Fred |