[ToloNews] The ISIS Death Eater group is looking to expand its reach in Afghanistan’s north and east and has increased its recruitment activities in the country to stage an attack on the US and the western countries, The News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported, quoting some Afghan and American officials.A US intelligence official based in Afghanistan said as quoted by The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that a recent wave of attacks in the capital, Kabul, is "practice runs" for even bigger attacks in Europe
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"The bad news is their acquisition of key terrain, height concealment, where they can have easy access to money, weapons, equipment . . .and from where they can plan, train, stage, facilitate and expedite attacks," said the US intelligence official. "I think expansion of territory in eastern Afghanistan is their number one military objective," with the goal of eventually encircling Jalalabad, he told News Agency that Dare Not be Named.
"This group is the most near-term threat to our homelands from Afghanistan," the official said on condition of anonymity to preserve his operational security. "The IS core mandate is: You will conduct external attacks" in the US and Europe. "That is their goal. It’s just a matter of time," he said. "It is very scary."
"ISIS has not been eliminated. ISIS has expanded. The group is trying to supply itself and move towards other districts," said Ajmal Omar, a member of 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..
provincial council in eastern Afghanistan where ISIS’s footprint initially surfaced.
Reports say that ISIS outfits are currently operating in the eastern province of Nangarhar and Kunar and the group occasionally engage in armed encounters with the Afghan cops and the Taliban
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the battles between ISIS and Taliban have displaced thousands in the east.
"Right now in Kunar, the right side of the road is captured by the Taliban, the left side is controlled by ISIS and the government is in the middle," said Farmanullah Shirzad, a resident of Kunar, who is displaced now due to conflicts.
"When they began operating in Afghanistan, they were maybe 150 ISIS members, but today, there are thousands and thousands," he said.
"ISIS has brought nothing for Afghanistan except destruction. We in the system of Afghanistan will prevent the activities of this group," said Safiullah Amarkhel, Nangarhar police commander.
Based on the statistics of Afghan security agencies, hundreds of ISIS fighters have been killed as a result of special operations and air strikes over the past two years. But there are serious concerns that recruitment among Chechen, Uzbek, Bangladesh, Indian and Chinese nationals could further empower ISIS’s war machine.
"ISIS has announced its presence in Qosh Tapa of Jawzjan and some of its fighters have gone there from Faryab. Those who are alongside ISIS in these areas said to be with ISIS criminal mastermind Aminuddin who is present in Dasht-e-Archi of Kunduz. The threat is serious," Faryab governor Naqibullah Fayiq said.