Afghanistan stresses that it does not share a border with any of the aforementioned Arab countries.
Published Date – 23rd Sunday 23rd July 08:50am
kabul: The Taliban have denied Iran’s claim that Daesh leaders have moved from Iraq, Syria and Libya to Afghanistan, the Kama Press reported. “We reject the Iranian foreign minister’s claim that Islamic State commanders have been transferred from Iraq, Syria and Libya to Afghanistan,” the Taliban-led Afghan foreign minister said in a statement on Friday.
During and after the occupation, Taliban security forces engaged in sustained large-scale fighting against ISIS, reducing the group’s ability to cause damage, the statement said.
It further stated that if Iran has information about the movement of the Islamic State group to Afghanistan, it would like to obtain more information about the Islamic State group, according to the Kama Press.
Previously, Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdulahian said in an interview with the Iranian Student News Agency, “It is no secret to anyone that the leaders and well-trained troops of the ‘Islamic State’ have been transferred from parts of Iraq, Syria and Libya to Afghanistan in recent months.” “
Afghanistan further added that none of the mentioned Arab countries and Afghanistan share a common border.
“Countries are better off meeting their international obligations with regard to border security than shifting the responsibility onto other countries.”
“The Islamic Emirate will not allow anyone to threaten the national security of Afghanistan or our land to be used against others. Instead of making worrisome remarks, the Iranian authorities should focus on the good economic, political and social relations between the two neighboring and friendly countries.”
Meanwhile, the Taliban-appointed governor of Kabul, Mohammad Qassem Khaled, said the United States is behind the Islamic State (ISIS) and that the group is an American phenomenon, TOLO News reported.
TOLO News is an Afghan news channel broadcast from Kabul.
In an exclusive interview with TOLO News, Khaled said he has documents showing the US trained ISIS. He said: “The enemy does not want peace in Afghanistan, so they create prejudice in various ways. Daesh was…made by the United States. In fact, ‘Islamic State’ is an American phenomenon.”
Khalid also denied that al-Qaeda co-founder and second leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in the capital, Kabul, saying there was no evidence that al-Zawahiri was killed in Kabul.
“The United States claims that they have eliminated the Islamic State in Afghanistan. According to TOLO News, they have not provided documents and evidence that are valid for the media or between countries.
