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Afghanistan

No place for ISIS-K terrorists in Afghanistan: Taliban

2021-12-10

[KhaamaPress] Deputy minister of information and culture and front man of the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
Zabiullah Mujahid has again undermined ISIS/ISIS-K (Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan branch) and added that the forces of Evil have no place in Afghanistan.

In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Zabiullah Mujahid said that 670 affiliates of ISIS-K have been arrested and 25 hideouts of the fighters were destroyed in the past three months.

Sounds impressive. Might even be partially or wholly true. Or not — there’s no way of knowing, especially if other rebels are being accused of being ISIS-K, or jihadi tourists wander into Afghanistan from other areas of operation.

Mujahid added that the safe havens were destroyed in the Afghan capital Kabul and eastern Jalalabad city 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..
province.

The front man added that ISIS-K is not a big threat in Afghanistan and that this was a small group that has been dismantled in Kabul and Jalalabad.

"The vacuum in Afghanistan created an opportunity for the group to carry attacks immediately after August 15. There was no communication system and security system fixed by the Taliban initially." Said Mujahid.

He accused former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani

...former chancellor of Kabul University, ex-president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. When Biden abandoned the country left with a helicopter, four cars, and part of the national treasury...
of strengthening ISIS in the north of Afghanistan in order to use them against the Taliban.

The statements come as there has been decreased in attacks by the ISIS-K in Afghanistan.

The group has carried out four major attacks in Kabul and provinces along with small-scale explosions since the Taliban takeover that killed and maimed hundreds of humans.

Posted by:trailing wife

#3 that 670 affiliates of ISIS-K have been arrested

"All misguided yoots, they're just confused about leadership, we'll straighten 'em out. And reform them into... why Ta-li-ban of course!"

Posted by: Dron66046 2021-12-10 14:46

#2 Even Muslamic bandits know you can't rob rich foreigners if you've killed or converted all of them already.

Posted by: jpal 2021-12-10 14:21

#1 I have always thought it was a "revolving door" in Afghanistan (and Pakistan): Tribal Bandits become Government Mercenaries turning into ex-Government Brigands (a 'brigand' is a mercenary turned bandit ya'know) and then losing all cohesion becoming Tribal Bandits again.

Posted by: magpie 2021-12-10 13:22

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