AFP, Washington :
The Islamic State group is operating in Afghanistan but does not appear able to coordinate their operations in the country, a top US military official said Thursday.
The extremist group is now considered “operationally emergent,” said Brigadier General Wilson Shoffner, the spokesman for the US-led mission in Afghanistan.
“We do have reports of them operating in different part of the country but again not in a coordinated fashion,” Shoffner told reporters, speaking from Kabul.
He added that while IS is not yet capable of carrying out in Afghanistan the sorts of coordinated operations it is conducting in Iraq and Syria, the US has recognized “the potential for them to evolve to something more dangerous, and we take that very seriously.”
For now, the group — also known as “Daesh” — is unable to operate in more than one part of Afghanistan at a time, although those limited operations have resulted in some fighting, most notably against the Taliban.
The Islamic State group is operating in Afghanistan but does not appear able to coordinate their operations in the country, a top US military official said Thursday.
The extremist group is now considered “operationally emergent,” said Brigadier General Wilson Shoffner, the spokesman for the US-led mission in Afghanistan.
“We do have reports of them operating in different part of the country but again not in a coordinated fashion,” Shoffner told reporters, speaking from Kabul.
He added that while IS is not yet capable of carrying out in Afghanistan the sorts of coordinated operations it is conducting in Iraq and Syria, the US has recognized “the potential for them to evolve to something more dangerous, and we take that very seriously.”
For now, the group — also known as “Daesh” — is unable to operate in more than one part of Afghanistan at a time, although those limited operations have resulted in some fighting, most notably against the Taliban.
