Tarz Press: After Pakistan's Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, spoke at the UN General Assembly about the presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan, the Taliban have now released significant information, claiming they have traced the leadership of ISIS-K to Pakistan.
Al-Emarah, the official Taliban website, reported today, Monday, September 29, that members of the ISIS-K leadership, after being defeated in Afghanistan, have been transferred to Balochistan, Pakistan, with the help of intelligence agencies. The official Taliban site further reported that those responsible for the attack on the staff of the General Directorate of Pursuit and Supervision of Orders in Kabul had also come from a training camp of the ISIS-K branch in "Mastung, Balochistan."
On Al-Emarah, the chief Taliban spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, wrote: “After ISIS was eliminated by the Taliban, the remaining leaders and members of the ISIS-K branch were transferred, with the help of some intelligence agencies, to Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. There, they have established centers and training camps. From these new centers, they carry out attacks both in Afghanistan and other countries.”
This appears to be a response to the remarks made by Pakistan's Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, at the UN General Assembly, where he criticized the Taliban, stating that numerous terrorist groups are present in Afghanistan and continue their destructive activities under the Taliban's watch.
However, some security experts believe that Pakistan seeks to use ISIS as a proxy to continue its conflicts in Afghanistan. At the same time, some regional analysts argue that ISIS poses a common threat in the region, and it would be better if regional countries united to combat this group. Waheed Faqiri, a regional affairs expert, told Tarz Press that the fight against ISIS can only be effective through a joint approach. This comes at a time when relations between the Taliban and Pakistan have become more strained than ever before, with both sides expressing dissatisfaction and leveling serious accusations against each other.
