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Militants who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State or ISIS in Afghanistan are becoming more than a nuisance to the country’s larger militant group, the Afghan Taliban, by claiming territory and attacking Taliban members, the New York Times reported on Thursday (NYT). Throughout the month, ISIS members have been attacking veteran Taliban units south and east of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province. On Wednesday, a spokesman for the Afghan Army corps in the region said that ISIS fighters captured and beheaded 10 Taliban fighters who had been fleeing a military offensive. ISIS has been recruiting in Afghanistan since at least April 2014

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The NYT report noted that Isis has deployed the same strategy it used in Syria to deminish the influence of Al Qaeda and other fighters. Isis in Afghanistan has been "aggressively" attacking the Taliban and has been able to make significant gains in the country.

A key Taliban commander, Maulvi Abbas, was recently taken hostage by Isis, who now demand that the Taliban fighters join forces with the Islamic State.

In January, reports claimed that several influential former Taliban leaders joined Isis. It was reported that Mullah Abdul Rauf, a former Taliban commander from Helmand province, is now running a recruitment cell for the radical group in Afghanistan.

The attack on Taliban militants in regions such as Nangarhar could prove to be a gamechanger for Isis. Nangarhar, which borders Pakistan, has always been a Taliban stronghold, but now with Isis gaining grounds, the former terror masters now have a new enemy to battle.
Isis Beheads 10 Taliban Fighters in Afghanistan

Fighting in Afghanistan intensifies between ′Islamic State′ and the Taliban | Asia | DW.DE | 09.06.2015

IS is an al Qaeda splinter group – a Sunni militant organization which has captured vast swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq. The organization, which is notorious for its extreme and violent interpretation of Shariah law and atrocities in the areas which it controls, is believed to have started expanding its influence and control in Central Asia and Afghanistan.

In April, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a bank in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, killing at least 35 people. Contrary to initial suspicions, the attack was not carried out by the Taliban, who denied any responsibility. Instead, the bombing was attributed to IS by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

"IS has gained a presence in Afghanistan," Farid Bakhtwar, head of the provincial council in Afghanistan's western Farah province, told DW. He said that the militant group had started recruiting new members, including former Taliban fighters, in Afghanistan.

Growing rivalry

While some Taliban leaders have reportedly joined the IS ranks, the organization as a whole considers the Middle Eastern group "illegitimate" and has refused to forge an alliance with it. Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar and IS head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi both claim to be the caliphs of the Muslim world.

"While IS is fighting to increase its presence in the whole region - not only Afghanistan - the Taliban are fighting to overthrow the Afghan government," said Akhondzada, adding that the two Islamist groups, despite being predominantly Sunni outfits, had different strategic goals.


"A realistic review of concrete aims and strategies of IS indicates that it will enter the region sooner rather than later. Taking into account the strategic importance of the Afghanistan-Pakistan geographical area for the global jihad, one must expect that IS is planning to gain a permanent foothold in South Asia," Wolf told DW, adding that if not directly, with the help of some Taliban factions and other extremist groups in the region, IS could achieve its goals.

But Wolf said it would be naïve to think that the Taliban would give up the control of Afghanistan easily: "It is a myth that the Taliban is now a fractious movement that is facing an existential crisis due to IS' increasing presence and its own infighting. History has proven the resilience of the Taliban."
 
ISIS can't penetrate into societies like Afghanistan or even Pakistan.They have origin in arab countries and will not expand beyond this.

ISIS in Afghanistan is a myth
 
ISIS can't penetrate into societies like Afghanistan or even Pakistan.They have origin in arab countries and will not expand beyond this.

ISIS in Afghanistan is a myth

Nice alternate universe you live in..
 
I know the ground realities far better than you can even think of.

what was the beheading of TTP then? who did that?

I hope what ever you said is correct. But we doubt, ignorance is not bliss this time
 
I know the ground realities far better than you can even think of.
your post proves you have no idea about the ground realities..

ISIS terrorists ambush and behead 10 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan as the bloody rivalry between the terror groups intensifies
(sorry i couldn't post the link.)
 
what was the beheading of TTP then? who did that?

I hope what ever you said is correct. But we doubt, ignorance is not bliss this time

Random groups claim that they are associated with ISIS because of the recent ISIS trend among terrorist.

In reality,they are just random low level terrorists
 
I was looking for similar kind of thread. We all know that ISIS is in Afghanistan but my question is how they reached there.Afghanistan does not share border with Iraq or Syria and share border with Iran,Pakistan,Tajakistan, Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan. Who is helping them to come with man and machinery from Arabian World to Central Asia ? Has they been hired to eliminate Taliban and take that war to Pakistan ? My mind say yes. War is in Pakistan doorstep.
 
America is behind this. Keeps Iran threatened, and even Pakistan, if their foreign policy becomes too independent. Iran is even starting to help the Taliban, their former arch enemies, because the Taliban is a group of boyscouts compared to ISIS. I hope the Taliban destroys ISIS in Afghanistan.
 
If Get a foot hold in Afghanistan, their next target will be us. We'll have to keep this in mind.
Also, the west might make them an excuse to target our nukes. It'll be a shitstorm.
 
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