Top US General warns of ISIS presence in Afghanistan- The New Indian Express

By ANI

KABUL: The US Central Command (Centcom) chief Gen Kenneth McKenzie on Thursday expressed considerations concerning the presence of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Afghanistan.

In an interview shared on Fb by the US Central Command – Dari/Pashto, McKenzie stated that America remains to be “finding out what’s going to occur” for the reason that Taliban got here into energy, reported Tolo Information.

“ISIS… considerations us in Afghanistan,” McKenzie stated, including “We all know that the Taliban are not any pals, significantly of ISIS and actually over the previous couple of years, they’ve often under-taken operations in opposition to ISIS.”

“I feel… what we see creating in Afghanistan is ungoverned and under-governed areas that are areas the place ISIS historically flourished and… I feel there’s a danger, we all know that ISIS does the truth is have … a want to hold out exterior attacks–attacks in opposition to the United States– the homeland of america and assaults in opposition to the homeland of our neighbours in Europe… and different locations. So, I’m involved by what is going on in Afghanistan,” he stated.

The Secretary-Normal of the Collective Safety Treaty Group (CSTO), Stanislav Zas, warned that the re-emergence of international terrorist teams together with Al-Qaeda and ISIS usually are not solely a menace to Afghanistan however to the entire area, reported Tolo Information.

“We pay in our work explicit consideration to our southern borders. Afghanistan stays a long-term ongoing supply of hazard, given the unfolding socio-economic and humanitarian catastrophe stemming from the nation, in addition to the terrorist menace and the chance of drug trafficking. That’s all rising,” he stated.

In the meantime, the Taliban Protection Ministry denied experiences over the presence of international troops in Afghanistan.

“We deny these experiences. We guarantee all of the those who the safety forces of the Islamic Emirate are able to combat the terrorists. There are not any terrorists in Afghanistan,” stated Inayatullah Khwarazami, a spokesman for the ministry.

Primarily based on the Doha settlement signed between the Taliban and Washington on February twenty ninth, 2020, the Islamic Emirate is dedicated to chopping ties with all terrorist teams within the area.