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Taliban Spokesman Claims Daesh Training Camps Established in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Zabihullah Mujahid alleges that Daesh has set up training camps in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, following a series of operations against insurgents in Afghanistan.
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by News Desk
2024-09-30
Taliban Spokesman Claims Daesh Training Camps Established in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman for the interim Taliban government in Afghanistan, has made a bold claim, stating that Daesh (ISIS) has established training camps in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan. Mujahid's remarks came in a detailed thread posted on the social media platform "X," where he discussed recent operations conducted by the Taliban's special forces.

 

In his statement, Mujahid indicated that Taliban forces arrested key members of a rebel group responsible for a September 2, 2024, attack on employees of the Directorate of Compliance and Oversight of Orders and Decrees in Kabul. He asserted that this group had connections to multiple attacks, including one targeting foreign tourists in Bamiyan province.

 

According to Mujahid, investigations led to the arrest of a Tajik national at the hideout of the attack's mastermind, who was allegedly planning a suicide attack. The Taliban spokesperson claimed that further intelligence revealed the attackers had infiltrated Afghanistan from a Daesh Khorasan training camp located in Mastung, Balochistan.

 

Mujahid stated that operations in Kabul and Faryab had resulted in the elimination of two insurgents and the detention of several others, some of whom had recently returned from the aforementioned training camp. He alleged that after suffering setbacks from Taliban operations, remnants of ISIS Khorasan had relocated to Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the assistance of certain intelligence agencies, establishing new operational centers and training camps.

 

He warned that these groups were targeting religious scholars and members of various organizations in both provinces and were allegedly being exploited by external factions for their agendas.

 

Mujahid's claims come amid ongoing concerns about the activities of extremist groups in the region and raise questions about the broader security dynamics between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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