ISIL appeared in Afghanistan shortly after the group's core fighters swept across Syria and Iraq in 2014 [Reuters]
Al Jazeera: ISIL expands its reach in Afghanistan, threatening the West
ISIL affiliate rises after group's removal from Syria and Iraq, prompting fears of new attacks in the West.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group is expanding its footprint in Afghanistan "with thousands and thousands" of fighters after losing its so-called caliphate in Syria and Iraq.
The armed group is recruiting new soldiers and plotting attacks on the United States and other Western countries, US and Afghan security officials say.
ISIL is seen as an even greater threat than the Taliban because of its increasingly sophisticated military capabilities and its strategy of targeting civilians, both in Afghanistan and abroad. Concerns run so deep that some officials have come to see the Taliban, which has also clashed with ISIL, as a potential partner in containing it.
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Update: Islamic State expands reach in Afghanistan, threatening West (AP)
WNU Editor: You know that you are in a sad state of affairs when you read about U.S. and Afghan security officials wanting to team up with the Taliban to defeat ISIS in Afghanistan.
2 comments:
are we tired of winning?
The enemy of my enemy is my friend unless he is also my enemy in which case I will give him a pass until the other enemy is gone and then I will nail the bastard. Eventually everybody will be my friend, or enemy, whatever.
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