He also said Afghanistan would not become a base for attacks on other countries. Kahl estimated Islamic State had a “cadre of a few thousand” fighters.Īcting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi of the new Taliban government has said the threat from Islamic State militants will be addressed. Their ability to do so, I think, is to be determined,” Kahl said. So the Taliban is highly motivated to go after ISIS-K. “It is our assessment that the Taliban and ISIS-K are mortal enemies. The US fought the Taliban as well as striking groups like IS and Al-Qaeda. In testimony before the Senate armed services committee, Kahl said it was still unclear whether the Taliban has the ability to fight IS effectively following the US withdrawal in August. They include bombings targeting the minority Shiite sect and even an IS beheading of a member of a Taliban militia force in the eastern city of Jalalabad. The Taliban, which won the war, are enemies of IS and have seen its attempts to impose law and order after the US pullout thwarted by suicide bombings and other attacks claimed by Islamic State. The remarks by Colin Kahl, under secretary of defense for policy, are the latest reminder that Afghanistan could still pose serious national security concerns for the US even after it ended its two-decade-old war in defeat in August. Washington - The US intelligence community has assessed that Islamic State in Afghanistan (ISIS-K) could have the capability to attack the US in as little as six months, and has the intention to do so, a senior Pentagon official told Congress on Tuesday.
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