4 minutes agoAlarm up, I SIS has over 10,000 fighters in Afghanistan
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The Islamic State terrorist group has over 10,000 loyal fighters in Afghanistan, and Moscow believes the US could underestimate their threat, Russia's special envoy says. Islamic State ( IS, former I The SIS) left their base in Syria and Iraq this year with special military operations of a coalition [...]
Islamic State ( IS, former I The SIS) left their base in Syria and Iraq this year with separate military operations of a US-led coalition and the Russian-backed Syrian army.
Many of the ISovina fighters who fled those countries ended up in Afghanistan, where the terrorist group has nearly 10,000 troops at the moment, said Zamir Cabulov, head of the Middle East Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry, “RT” Transmission Periscope.
“Russia was among the first nations to be alarmed at the expansion of ISU in Afghanistan”, he told RIA Novosti. The last “, IS has increased its presence in the country. Our assessment is that their strength has more than 10,000 troops and is continuing to grow. This includes young warriors with experience fought in Syria and Iraq”.
The “ISÉ Forces are the strongest in northern Afghanistan bordering Tajkistan and Turkmenistan ʹ a disturbing point for Russia, which has close historical ties with both nations”, Kabul added.
The “IS goals are certainly to expand its influence outside Afghanistan, which they use as a field on stage. This presents an important security threat for Central Asia and the southern parts of Russia,”, Kabul stressed.
The diplomat said Russia and the US have a difference of opinion about how a major threat arises in Afghanistan and Central Asia. Washington, he said, has focused on fighting Taliban and is in the process of alienating other nations in the region, which America criticises for not implementing enough militant movement, seeing its failures.
In view of the realities on the ground, which is that the Taliban control half of the country, the question may be, Has the U.S. attracted its power? Russia stands for co-operation with international partners based on equality and takes into account the national interests of all countries in the region,” said Cabulov, evidently referring to Washington's confronting Pakistan.
Kabul said Moscow was prepared to work together with Washington to promote stability in Afghanistan, and said it was America's decision to stop such co-operation, not Russia. /Periscopi/
