Taliban denounce US reports on resurgence of jihadism in Afghanistan as propaganda

Fundamentalists say that the Islamic State affiliate is in the “eradication process” thanks to its operations in the country

23 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –

The Taliban fundamentalist movement has expressed its rejection this Sunday after the leak of an assessment by the US Department of Defense that points to Afghanistan as a new center of jihadist insurgency, led by the Afghan affiliate of the Islamic State, since the return to power of the extremists.

A new batch of Pentagon documents allegedly leaked by National Guardsman Jack Teixeira indicated that the group is already planning, with the participation of its Afghan affiliate, attacks against Europe and Asia, and aims to do the same in the United States. Joined.

In response, the Taliban Deputy Information Minister and main spokesman for the movement, Zabiulá Mujahid, has assured that this report is nothing more than a “false document published by the United States Department of Defense” and “a piece of propaganda”.

“We strongly reject this statement. Afghanistan has become a peaceful country at the regional level,” Mujahid added before assuring that an example of this has been Eid al Fitr, the celebration of the end of Ramadan, which according to the spokesman has elapsed without incident.

“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has full control over the country and does not allow anyone to use Afghanistan against the security of any other country,” said Mujahid, who has assured, in particular, that the Afghan affiliate of the Islamic State “has become severely affected” by Taliban operations and that it is in the “process of eradication”.

The Taliban regime considers the Islamic State a terrorist organization, contrary to its precepts, and since it came to power it has launched some operations against its hideouts.

This has not prevented the jihadist organization from carrying out bloody attacks since the return of the Taliban to power in August 2021, with a suicide attack in Kabul during the international evacuation process that left 170 Afghans and 13 US soldiers dead, or in the following months against the country’s Shiite minority.