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Daesh Recruiting Fighters in Several Northern Provinces of Afghanistan
The Islamic State (IS)-Daesh group are recruiting fighters in Jawzjan, Sar-e Pul and Faryab provinces to expand security threats, local officials said.
“The white flags change into the black flags, they are starting recruitment in Jawzjan, Faryab and Sar-e Pul, the central government should hear our voice,” said Zahir Wahdat, governor of Sar-e Pul province.
According to the local officials, foreign terrorist along with their families are replacing in Sar-e Pul province and the Daesh fighter are activating in Darzab and Ghosh Tapa districts of Jawzjan.
“The Daesh group is operating in Darzab and Ghosh Tapa districts since one year ago and the number of foreign individuals are nearly 125 who are training the Daesh fighters,” said Mawlavi Lutfullah Azizi, governor of Jawzjan.
Meanwhile, Afghan security forces who have recently targeted the main branches of Daesh havens in Nangarhar province say, they will defeat them.
“We are investigating on reports that we have received, We will never allow any terrorist group to activate in Afghan provinces,” said Sidiq Sidiqi, spokesman of ministry of interior.
The flag of the Islamic State has been flown twice in the last year in Takhar and Baghlan provinces by a group of ethnic Uzbek Afghans who had set up their own insurgent group, Jundullah, in 2009.
It had enjoyed an uneasy alliance with the Taliban, but tried to use the turmoil of the Taleban’s takeover of Kunduz in September 2015 to establish itself as an independent, Daesh-allied group.
The Taliban moved swiftly to crush the dissidents. However, it is still engaged in lower-level, clandestine activity – recruiting and spreading propaganda. Given how magnified any Daesh flag raising becomes in media and local government reporting.
Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.
According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.
“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.
Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.
According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.
“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.
However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.
Ten people have been killed and six others injured by floods in Helmand province in the past week, local officials said on Friday.
According to officials, seven of those were members of the same family, and they were killed in Kajaki district last night.
“Most of the people moved from vulnerable areas to high lands and mountains, and thanks Allah the number of casualties is low,” Sher Mohammad Vahdat, the head of information of the Directorate of Information and Culture in Helmand, said adding rescue teams and security forces have been dispatched to help people.
It is said that the telecommunication system has also been disrupted due to the effect of floods in Kajaki district. Floods have also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.
Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met with the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues related to Afghanistan, it was announced on Thursday.
During the meeting, Otunbayeva thanked India for “its critical humanitarian support and longstanding friendship for the Afghan people” and discussed the importance of regional and international cooperation to address prevailing challenges in Afghanistan, UNAMA said on X.
Jaishankar also said on X that the sides exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan.
“Underlined that India has provided wheat, medicines, pesticides and school supplies. Appreciate the role of UN agencies as partners in these endeavors,” he said.
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