ISIS attacks Afghan police posts

Members of ISIS have launched coordinated attacks on a number of security posts in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar as the terrorists are making inroads into the crisis-hit Asian country.

Haji Ghalib, governor of Achin district in the troubled province, said Daesh extremists raided eight to 10 police posts early on Sunday, but did not provide any information about possible casualties and the extent of damage caused.

“This is the first time that Daesh fighters have launched coordinated attacks on police checkpoints in Nangarhar,” Ghalib noted.

The report comes two days after the United Nations revealed on September 25 that Daesh is recruiting militants in 25 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces

“The number of groups and individuals who are openly declaring either loyalty to or sympathy with ISIL (Daesh) continues to grow in a number of provinces in Afghanistan,” the report said.

Nangarhar has been witnessing a rise in the presence of Daesh terrorists in a number of its districts in recent months.

On June 16, the Afghan militant group, Taliban, warned Daesh ringleader, Ibrahim al-Samarrai aka Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, against “waging a parallel insurgency in Afghanistan.”

Taliban asked the Daesh leader to keep his men out of Afghanistan by withdrawing his support for those elements that are recruiting young militants in Taliban strongholds.

Afghanistan is gripped by insecurity nearly 14 years after the United States and its allies attacked the country in 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. Although the attack overthrew the Taliban, many areas across Afghanistan still face violence and insecurity.

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