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| Atmar warns against ISIS expansion if found sanctuaries in Pakistan |
| 2016-08-16 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The National Security Adviser of Afghanistan Mohammad Hanif Atmar has warned against the expansion of insurgency by the loyalists of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group if they managed to gain sanctuaries in Pakistain. In an interview with RFE’s Pakistain service, Atmar said if the terror group finds sanctuaries and financial resources in Pakistain the issue will be prolonged and expanded in the region. Atmar further added that the leader of the terror group Hafeez Saeed Khan who was a former Pak Taliban leader was killed in Afghanstan and so far at least 12 leaders of the terror group have been killed. The ISIS loyalists in Afghanistan started operations from the eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province although the footprings of the terror group have been seen in other parts of the country, including the northern Balkh province. Recent reports emerged from the southern Zabul province of Afghanistan where the local officials have said the terror group have started attracting fighters in southern Afghanistan. The Afghan fores launched a major operation in eastern Nangarhar province nearly three weeks ago to suppress the insurgency activities of the terror group in this province. |
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