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| Qadir Warns Of Rising Daesh Activity In Nangarhar |
| 2016-10-30 |
| The deputy speaker of the Wolesi Jirga, Zahir Qadir, on Saturday warned against what he called an increase in Daesh activities in Nangarhar province and said the group will establish a Khorasan caliphate if they seize the Tora Bora area. "They [Daesh] have taken control of a very sensitive and strategic area. They have decided to enter Tora Bora and if they enter Tora Bora, they will build a Khorasan caliphate," Qadir said. ‎ Washington also warned that Daesh after being suppressed in Iraq and Syria is trying to find its footprint in other areas where there is little government control. "As it is chocked off in places like Iraq and Syria, that it is trying to as I said create affiliates or to establish itself in other ungoverned spaces and as much as we see that, (we) will take action to take out senior leadership of these groups," said U.S State Department spokesman Mark Toner. Meanwhile, Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said: "The air and ground operations and commando operations are ongoing against Daesh in Nangarhar. We are chasing Daesh every day and will eliminate them wherever they appear." A number of analysts said Daesh should be suppressed heavily in the country. "If Daesh is not suppressed heavily in Nangarhar, the order will be disrupted all over Afghanistan, security will disappear and people will sacrifice heavily," said former military official Atiqullah Amarkhail. |
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