The former director of the Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), Amrullah Saleh has said that the ISIS terrorist group in Afghanistan has no links with the terror group in the Middle East, apparently pointing to the ISIS terror group in Syria and Iraq.
Saleh made the remarks following a deadly attack in Kabul that left several people including a number of reporters and journalists.
According to Saleh, the Taliban and the notorious Haqqani terrorist network are behind the deadly attacks in the country.
He says the sleeping suicide cells of the Taliban and Haqqani network are sold for specific targets and the sellers take responsibility.
The bellow brief description of who the terrorists are remains solid as vague & fake ISIS keeps claiming responsibility after each attack/crime against humanity such as massacre of ten journalists. ISIS in Afg hz no organic or genetic links to middle east. Delete the last S. https://t.co/EP9dB2WVH9
— Amrullah Saleh (@AmrullahSaleh2) May 2, 2018
This comes as the latest coordinated suicide attacks in Kabul city left at least 25 people dead, including 9 reporters.
The incident took place at around 8 am local time on Monday after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives among the reports, following the first suicide attack near the intelligence compound.
The ISIS loyalists in Afghanistan, ISIS Khurasan, issued a statement following the attack and claimed that two suicide bombers of the group were involved in the attack.
This piece originally appeared in Khaama Press on May 02, 2018. Original link.
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