| Oh good. I was beginning to think that ISIS in the Khurasan had vanished softly and completely away, leaving the Taliban in control of the jihadi field. |
[KhaamaPress] The Special Forces of the Afghan Intelligence arrested three new recruits of ISIS terrorist group during an operation in NangarharThe 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..
The Governor’s Office of Nangarhar in a statement said the Special Forces of National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) arrested three young recruits of ISIS terrorist group in Jalalabad city on Monday.
The statement further added that another ISIS group member who was transporting the young men was also arrested during the operation.
The Governor’s Office also added that the new recruits are originally hailing from Faryab province and cannot speak Pashto language.
The anti-government armed elements including ISIS loyalists have not commented in this regard so far.