Daesh weakened in Afghanistan: IEA

KABUL (TOLOnews): Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, in response to the claim by Michael McCaul, the chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee regarding the presence of Daesh in Afghanistan, said that Daesh has been suppressed in Afghanistan and cannot pose a threat to other countries.
Zabihullah Mujahid once again pledged that Afghan soil will not be used against any country.
“Daesh has been significantly weakened compared to when American forces were here, and the forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan have used all means to suppress Daesh. Even if Daesh remains here 1 or 2 percent, they can neither recruit soldiers here nor can they create a threat,” he added.
Previously, Michael McCaul, the chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, criticized the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in an interview with CBS News, calling it a breeding ground for Daesh in Afghanistan.
Michael McCaul said in the interview that the manner of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, which did not include an assessment of Daesh capabilities, was a mistake.
“The way it was done and the way we left it with no ISR capability, that intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance, puts us in danger where this is a new battleground training ground for (Daesh),” he added.
A number of military and political experts said that Daesh does not exist in Afghanistan and that America wants to portray Afghanistan to the world as unstable. “The main source of terrorism is America, and this country has created proxy groups and wants to achieve its goals through these means,” Kamran Aman, a military analyst, told TOLOnews.
“There is no need for world superpowers to create such concerns that further deteriorate the situation of our country,” said Ahmad Khan Andar, a political analyst.
The New York Times has also recently claimed in a report that Daesh’s Khorasan branch intends to attack the embassies of China, India, and Iran in Afghanistan; however, the Islamic Emirate emphasizes that Daesh does not have the capability to attack diplomatic missions.