The Taliban ruler in Afghanistan said on Wednesday that despite the recent bloody attack in which dozens of people died, the threat posed by the Islamic State group in the country “is more or less controlled.”
Spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said at a press conference that the Islamic State is “not a big threat”, adding that since the Taliban seized control of the country in mid-August, there have been about 600 members. Or the sympathizer was arrested.
He said there were even some women among the arrested, and they would be interrogated by other women.
“They are not many in Afghanistan because they do not have the support of the people,” Mujahid said, adding that the Taliban are continuing to take action against their Islamic enemies.
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Sunni organizations like the Taliban and the Islamic State are more extreme, advocating “global jihad” rather than national struggle.
Mujahid said that unlike its opponents in the Middle East, IS-Khorasan is mainly composed of local fighters, and its presence in Afghanistan will not pose a threat to other countries.
Despite this, the organization still claimed responsibility for a series of bloody attacks since the Taliban returned to power.
The most recent was in early November when IS fighters attacked the Kabul National Military Hospital, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 50 others.
IS-K publicly targets Shia ethnic minorities-they think they are heretics-especially Hazaras.
