Few know better than the Taliban what a relentless foe the Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan can be.
Much of the West considers the Taliban, which reclaimed power in the country in 2021, to be an extremist Islamic movement.
But the Islamic State Khorasan, the affiliate that took responsibility for a terrorist attack in suburban Moscow on Friday, has slammed the Taliban government, calling the group’s version of Islamic rule insufficiently hard-line.
The Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, is one of the last significant antagonists that the Taliban face in Afghanistan.
In the months after the Taliban seized power, ISIS-K carried out near daily attacks on their soldiers at roadside checkpoints and in neighborhoods that are home to the country’s Hazara ethnic minority.
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Pakistan’s
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West
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Afghanistan, State Khorasan, Moscow, Hazara, Russian, Kabul