4 hours ago“ISIS is preparing attacks, entering contact with cells in Europe”
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)News of the empowering of the Islamic State in Afghanistan and contact with their cells in Britain and Western Europe about organising new terrorist attacks in Britain and the continent made British Defence Minister Gavin Williams public during a visit to Afghanistan. “What we see is a real threat from these groups [...]
The “what we see is a real threat from these groups to Britain and we should act to avoid similar attacks on Manchester”, Williams said.
Group known as IS-Khorasan, or I The S-K, it's a rival grouping of Taliban and alėdes and has been the target of attacks by British and American special forces in Afghanistan. Their last leader, Abu Saad Erhab, has been killed by US air strikes a week ago, becoming the fourth leader of the Islamic State to be killed in Afghanistan in recent years.
Thousands of foreign fighters are believed to have arrived in Afghanistan after being expelled from Iraq and Syria, but the British Defence Minister suggested the group is more consolidated than previously thought.
There are no official reports confirming there are or not British that have joined the ranks of IS-Khorasan in Afghanistan, but this group is known to have “a broad demographic”.
Although empowering I SIS in Afghanistan is a good doctor, this is the first time the government has confirmed the direct threat of terrorist attacks.
News on threat I SIS in Afghanistan represents a disturbing development and comes at the time when additional 440 British troops arrived in Afghanistan under a request made by Washington to face the threat and stabilise the situation in that country.
