The decision of the Taliban movement to take part in the Moscow format meeting on the Afghan settlement has led to the US large-scale operations against it in the northern Afghanistan, which enabled the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) to mount an offensive in this area, Delawar Aimaq, a member of the Afghan National Assembly's security commission from the Baghlan province, told Sputnik.
KABUL (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th September, 2018) The decision of the Taliban movement to take part in the Moscow format meeting on the Afghan settlement has led to the US large-scale operations against it in the northern Afghanistan, which enabled the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) to mount an offensive in this area, Delawar Aimaq, a member of the Afghan National Assembly's security commission from the Baghlan province, told Sputnik.
"IS militants have become very active in northern Afghanistan recently, rather than the Taliban, because the United States strikes the latter, but does not touch the former ones. The Taliban members are often offered to surrender to the Afghan government forces or persuaded to join IS, provide their assistance to it ... Large-scale operations are now being carried out against the Taliban in northern Afghanistan because the Taliban agreed to participate in this [Moscow format] meeting," Aimaq said.
