peon (Afghanistan): Although Taliban Occupied Afghanistan in mid-August, there are areas that are no-go zones for them, especially Nangarhar Province, which is one Islamic State-Khorasani (ISIS-K) stronghold.
Australia-born journalist Holly McKay, who covers news from Afghanistan, wrote in Nose that the Chaparhar district of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, which has a population of about 55,000, has long been a ruthless haven for the terrorist organization (ISIS-K). has been the basis. attacks across the country 15 August Taliban takeover,
It has long been a regional and operational stronghold for Afghanistan’s ISIS ally ISIS-K, or colloquially known as Daesh.
“There have been more than 20 bodies since the Taliban arrived,” a villager tells me from outside the gas station. “Just two days ago, a man was shot and killed – we don’t know by whom.”
Down a nearby dirt track – where men dig into the ground, and covered women walk around carrying children – villagers claim the death toll is actually more than 45. Many swear that almost every day a man is “taken out” of his house and killed,” McKay reported.
“ISIS has been there since the beginning of 2015,” says Samiullah, a house guard about 23 years old. But the Taliban are only present during the day. At night they gather at a base and do not go out. Even the soldiers of the previous government used to go during the day. That’s why this area has always been theirs.”
Meanwhile, the Taliban governor of Chaparhar reluctantly admitted that there are some ISIS Terrorists In area.
“There are ISIS, some are ISIS,” the Chaparhar district governor, named Ainudin, but better known as Badruddin, accepts reluctantly. “They may be hiding somewhere, but the Taliban have captured, and we are in complete control.”
But the further you drive along the narrow Chaparhar Road away from the city of Jalalabad, the calmer and more eerie it becomes. As Nozz reports, Taliban posts disappear because there is no traffic.
Some stores are decorated with a plain black cloth, and others show a black flag printed with a white Shahada, making it impossible to know whether this is just a coincidence, or means a terrorist group designated by the US.
Some point out that years ago, before the rise of ISIS-K, Arabs and Chechens began breaking into homes, and it was made clear that the Taliban – then insurgents – were “not allowed to enter,” Mackay said. said.
One driver explains, “ISIS acts as an insurgent. They stay off the main road, but if they have a specific target in mind, they come out of their homes and target that person. ” “That’s how they work.”
One baker, Hekmatullah, swears that Emirates “controls day and night,” and Haji Khan, 48, general store owner, cautiously agrees that “there’s nothing here.”
Since the founding of ISIS-K in Afghanistan in 2015 – as the organization gained momentum in its flagship of Iraq and Syria – loyalists have flocked to the otherwise quiet, picturesque rural parcel.
It is from its stronghold of Chaparhar that ISIS-K over the years plotted, planned and dispatched its cadre of attackers – from suicide bombers and shooters to security checkpoints and bomb planters – to take hundreds of lives, if any. If not thousands, then. Informed.
Most of the crimes have occurred since several ISIS-K operatives fled during the chaotic transition period, with many former security forces leaving their positions before the Taliban took over. But since then, the Taliban themselves have also been able to release prisons.
ISIS-K – sometimes referred to as the Khorasan group in Persian “Eastern Provinces” in the historical context of greater Iranian territory – first appeared in the Afghan war theater about seven years ago.
Most of its recruits are believed to have been diverted from Taliban branches in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan, seeking an even more extreme interpretation of Islam with more international rather than domestic-focused goals of “caliphate” control.
Australia-born journalist Holly McKay, who covers news from Afghanistan, wrote in Nose that the Chaparhar district of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, which has a population of about 55,000, has long been a ruthless haven for the terrorist organization (ISIS-K). has been the basis. attacks across the country 15 August Taliban takeover,
It has long been a regional and operational stronghold for Afghanistan’s ISIS ally ISIS-K, or colloquially known as Daesh.
“There have been more than 20 bodies since the Taliban arrived,” a villager tells me from outside the gas station. “Just two days ago, a man was shot and killed – we don’t know by whom.”
Down a nearby dirt track – where men dig into the ground, and covered women walk around carrying children – villagers claim the death toll is actually more than 45. Many swear that almost every day a man is “taken out” of his house and killed,” McKay reported.
“ISIS has been there since the beginning of 2015,” says Samiullah, a house guard about 23 years old. But the Taliban are only present during the day. At night they gather at a base and do not go out. Even the soldiers of the previous government used to go during the day. That’s why this area has always been theirs.”
Meanwhile, the Taliban governor of Chaparhar reluctantly admitted that there are some ISIS Terrorists In area.
“There are ISIS, some are ISIS,” the Chaparhar district governor, named Ainudin, but better known as Badruddin, accepts reluctantly. “They may be hiding somewhere, but the Taliban have captured, and we are in complete control.”
But the further you drive along the narrow Chaparhar Road away from the city of Jalalabad, the calmer and more eerie it becomes. As Nozz reports, Taliban posts disappear because there is no traffic.
Some stores are decorated with a plain black cloth, and others show a black flag printed with a white Shahada, making it impossible to know whether this is just a coincidence, or means a terrorist group designated by the US.
Some point out that years ago, before the rise of ISIS-K, Arabs and Chechens began breaking into homes, and it was made clear that the Taliban – then insurgents – were “not allowed to enter,” Mackay said. said.
One driver explains, “ISIS acts as an insurgent. They stay off the main road, but if they have a specific target in mind, they come out of their homes and target that person. ” “That’s how they work.”
One baker, Hekmatullah, swears that Emirates “controls day and night,” and Haji Khan, 48, general store owner, cautiously agrees that “there’s nothing here.”
Since the founding of ISIS-K in Afghanistan in 2015 – as the organization gained momentum in its flagship of Iraq and Syria – loyalists have flocked to the otherwise quiet, picturesque rural parcel.
It is from its stronghold of Chaparhar that ISIS-K over the years plotted, planned and dispatched its cadre of attackers – from suicide bombers and shooters to security checkpoints and bomb planters – to take hundreds of lives, if any. If not thousands, then. Informed.
Most of the crimes have occurred since several ISIS-K operatives fled during the chaotic transition period, with many former security forces leaving their positions before the Taliban took over. But since then, the Taliban themselves have also been able to release prisons.
ISIS-K – sometimes referred to as the Khorasan group in Persian “Eastern Provinces” in the historical context of greater Iranian territory – first appeared in the Afghan war theater about seven years ago.
Most of its recruits are believed to have been diverted from Taliban branches in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan, seeking an even more extreme interpretation of Islam with more international rather than domestic-focused goals of “caliphate” control.
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