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Taliban Deny Reports of Former Government Security Personnel Joining Daesh
Taliban Deny Reports of Former Government Security Personnel Joining Daesh
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Taliban* movement has denied reports that former Afghan security forces joined the ranks of the Daesh* terrorist group after the... 02.11.2021, Sputnik International
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The statement comes as a response after The Wall Street Journal on Sunday reported that a small number of former Afghan intelligence officers trained in the United States and ex-employees of elite military units joined local Daesh militants after the Taliban captured Kabul in mid-August.In early August, the Taliban mounted an offensive against Afghan government forces. The Taliban entered Kabul on 15 August and the next day declared the end of the war. During the latter half of August, there was a mass evacuation of citizens from western countries and Afghans cooperating with them from the Kabul Airport.On the night of 31 August, the US military left the Kabul Airport, putting an end to a nearly 20-year US military presence in Afghanistan. In early September, the interim government of Afghanistan was announced, chaired by Mohammad Hasan Akhund, who headed the Foreign Ministry during the first rule of the Taliban and has been under UN sanctions since 2001.*The Taliban and Daesh (also known as Islamic State/ISIS/IS) are terrorist groups banned in Russia and many other nations.
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Taliban Deny Reports of Former Government Security Personnel Joining Daesh
08:14 GMT 02.11.2021 (Updated: 09:05 GMT 10.02.2023) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Taliban* movement has denied reports that former Afghan security forces joined the ranks of the Daesh* terrorist group after the collapse of the US-backed government, Tolo News reported on Tuesday.
"It is impossible for representatives of the former government security forces to join Daesh... we have not seen the evidence of this, and it cannot be possible", the broadcaster quotes a movement representative as saying.
The statement comes as a response after
The Wall Street Journal on Sunday reported that a small number of former Afghan intelligence officers trained in the United States and ex-employees of elite military units
joined local Daesh militants after the Taliban captured Kabul in mid-August.
In early August, the Taliban mounted an offensive against Afghan government forces. The Taliban entered Kabul on 15 August and the next day declared the end of the war. During the latter half of August, there was a mass evacuation of citizens from western countries and Afghans cooperating with them from the Kabul Airport.
On the night of 31 August, the US military left the Kabul Airport, putting an end to a nearly 20-year US military presence in Afghanistan. In early September, the interim government of Afghanistan was announced, chaired by Mohammad Hasan Akhund, who headed the Foreign Ministry during the first rule of the Taliban and has been under UN sanctions since 2001.
*The Taliban and Daesh (also known as Islamic State/ISIS/IS) are terrorist groups banned in Russia and many other nations.
