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IEA: Some Western circles seeking to magnify Daesh
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), in response to claims about the strengthening of Daesh in Afghanistan, says that some Western circles are seeking to magnify Daesh.
The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says that Daesh has been suppressed in Afghanistan and does not have the ability to launch attacks from Afghanistan against any country.
Recently, the former commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed that Daesh is planning to attack America and other Western countries from Afghanistan.
Following the recent deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow, the group made headlines around the world.
Many Western media organizations have reported that ISIS-Khorasan – or Daesh in Afghanistan – was responsible for the attack and that the group has gained strength.
In an interview with ABC News on Sunday, the former CENTCOM commander retired General Frank McKenzie said Daesh is planning to attack America and other Western countries from Afghanistan.
He said the group has a “strong desire” to attack the U.S. and other foreign powers and that the threat is only growing.
“We should believe them when they say that. They’re going to try to do it,” McKenzie told ABC News.
“I think the threat is growing,” McKenzie continued, pointing to the dangers from affiliates like ISIS-K after the broader group took responsibility for a deadly attack in Moscow earlier this month. The group also said it was behind a mass bombing in Iran in January.
“It begun to grow as soon as we left Afghanistan, it took pressure off ISIS-K. So I think we should expect further attempts of this nature against the United States as well as our partners and other nations abroad,” McKenzie said. “I think this is inevitable.”
McKenzie also raised the issue of the US troops withdrawal in August 2021 and said a contingent should have been left behind to fight Daesh.
While US President Joe Biden said at the time that an “over-the-horizon capability” to “act quickly and decisively” in Afghanistan would be maintained, McKenzie disputed that.
“In Afghanistan, we have almost no ability to see into that country and almost no ability to strike into that country,” he said.
That is a boon to the Islamic State and similar such militants, he said.
“If you can keep pressure on them … in their homeland and their base, it makes it hard for them to conduct these types of attacks,” he said. “Unfortunately, we no longer place that pressure on them, so they’re free to gain strength, they’re free to plan, they’re free to coordinate.”
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), however, says that some Western circles are seeking to magnify Daesh. The IEA has said Daesh has been suppressed for more than two years and is unable to launch attacks outside of Afghanistan.
However, experts believe that the threat of Daesh will increase with the passage of time, and to fight this group, all countries need to work closely together and repel the threats.
The European Union announced Tuesday it has made available 400,000 euros (over 30 million Afghani) in response to widespread flooding in the north of Afghanistan in the past days.
This humanitarian aid will provide immediate emergency assistance to beneficiaries in the regions of Baghlan, Badakhshan, and Takhar, EU said in a statement.
The assistance will be delivered by EU humanitarian partners ACTED and DACAAR. It will include an emergency multi-sectoral response through cash assistance as well as access to clean water, emergency sanitation and hygiene supplies, the statement said.
The EU mentioned that it has been funding humanitarian operations in Afghanistan since 1994, providing close to 1.8 billion euros in funding. Last year alone, the EU mobilised 159 million euros in humanitarian funding.
In addition, since 2021 the EU has organised a Humanitarian Air Bridge to Afghanistan, with 35 flights so far that have carried over 1,600 tonnes of aid.
Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Afghanistan tomorrow (Tuesday), officials said on Monday.
The Ministry of Transport said that a Turkish Airlines plane will land in Kabul airport on Tuesday.
“Tomorrow, Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Kabul International Airport. There will be four flights between Kabul and Istanbul per week. This is good news for Afghan travelers. For those Afghans who travel to European countries, they can move easily through Turkey,” said Imamuddin Ahmadi, the spokesman of the Ministry of Transport.
However, the Chamber of Commerce and Investment emphasized that visas should be provided to businessmen and citizens of the country, otherwise companies will benefit the most, not Afghan citizens and businessmen.
“Not a single passenger is allowed, the reason is that they do not issue visas. If the Turks don’t start issuing visas, or the Arabs don’t issue visas, the plane will come for the cargo and there will be little movement of people,” said Khanjan Alokozay, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Investment.
In a meeting with Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, the Deputy Prime Minister said the Islamic Emirate will participate in the third Doha meeting if its “position” is accepted.
He said that Afghanistan is under the complete control of the Islamic Emirate and that the country “has an Emir” and the government is “obeyed”.
According to a statement issued by Mawlavi Abdul Kabir’s office, the deputy prime minister told DiCarlo: “The previous meeting in Doha was incomplete due to some shortcomings of its organizers, and the position of the Islamic Emirate should be accepted in the next meeting so that the delegation of the Islamic Emirate will participate in it.”
The Secretary General of the United Nations once expressed regret for the Islamic Emirate’s non-participation in the Doha meeting, but at the same time said that accepting the demands of the Islamic Emirate is equivalent to its recognition.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Emirate is asking the United Nations and other countries to recognize them as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.
Kabir said that the Islamic Emirate has fulfilled all its obligations and “rules over the entire geography of Afghanistan… There is a central government in all of Afghanistan that has an emir and is obeyed.”
The United Nations is expected to hold the third Doha meeting with the participation of special representatives of countries for Afghanistan, but it has not set a date for it yet.
The Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of the United Nations meanwhile visited Kabul this week and invited the Islamic Emirate’s officials to participate in the Doha meeting.
According to the deputy prime minister’s office, DiCarlo informed Kabir about the Doha meeting and said that “the Islamic Emirate’s conditions for participating in this meeting are not difficult.”
She expressed hope that a delegation of the Islamic Emirate will participate.
She said that representatives of a number of international organizations and countries have been invited to the Doha meeting, including the World Bank.
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