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| Daesh Afghan operations growing: US |
| 2015-08-14 |
| [ARABNEWS] The Daesh group is operating in Afghanistan but does not appear able to coordinate their operations in the country, a top US military official said. The holy warrior group is now considered "operationally emergent," said Brig. Gen. Wilson Shoffner, the front man for the US-led mission in Afghanistan. "We do have reports of them operating in different part of the country but again not in a coordinated fashion," Shoffner said, speaking from Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... He added that the US has recognized "the potential for them to evolve to something more dangerous, and we take that very seriously." "We are seeing some fighting between Daesh and Taliban in Afghanistan. Usually this is the result of Daesh encroaching upon Taliban territory and interfering with established Taliban operations," Shoffner said. General John Campbell, head of the US forces in Afghanistan, will brief the White House on the Afghan security situation this fall, a critical turning point in determining the future of US and international military operations in the country. Shoffner said the growing threat posed by Daesh in Afghanistan will "clearly" factor into the Campbell's assessment. For months, Daesh has been trying to establish itself in the eastern regions of the country and to recruit Taliban fighters. The Taliban has repeatedly warned Daesh against expanding its operations in Afghanistan and a rivalry has emerged between the two groups. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "General John Campbell, head of the US forces in Afghanistan, will brief the White House on the Afghan security situation this fall..." Let's see, fall begins in late September. I guess there is no rush to give a briefing at which Obama will likely be missing. |
| Posted by: Clomp Omagum5939 2015-08-14 11:21 |